Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20161123
From: cgray@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2016 13:31:27 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Wednesday, November 23, 2016
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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K.McGouldrick     K.McGouldrick, C.Gray NICFPS         17:02   19:55
J.Bally     J.Roberts, Z.Berta-Thompson DIS            20:32   00:16
M.Bentz           C.Roberts             DIS            00:16   06:10
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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CU02/O     17:07   19:07    0    0    0    0   2.0  0.0   0    0
CU07/R     19:07   00:10    0    0    0    0   5.1  0.0   0    0
GS05/R     00:10   06:33    0    0    0    0   2.1  4.3   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: C.Gray
The night started out clear and hectic!  We made frantic observations of Venus  during clear skies and moderate seeing.  I had some difficult with DIS switch over due to binning confusion. Clouds rolled in during the night but nothing to stop us from observing.
Tspec is continuing to take bad images.  I power cycled it but saw no improvement.  I powered it off at dawn and left it off.
No problems tonight.
                    ------- FAILURE LOG -------
PROG   INST   FAILURE MODE     TIME
    (SEDFNVOG)   TI/SHU    START  FINISH  DESCRIPTION
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            ---------------- FOCUS LOG ---------------
Time  Instrument  Focus     Az  El  Temp Strc Prim  Sec  Air  filt  FWHM
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 19:42 dcamera    744(  535) -130  42   5.8  5.5  6.0  5.6  5.8   --  1.15
 00:26 dcamera    709(  336) 167  69   2.8  2.5  3.2  2.6  1.3   --  1.41
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    48    12      7   215   (SW)    267    clear     none
     17:00    44    -1      6   240  (WSW)    184    clear     none
     18:00    44    -1      6   243  (WSW)    220    clear     none
     19:00    42    -3     10   226   (SW)    295    clear     none
     20:00    42    -4      8   200  (SSW)    282    clear     none
     21:00    41    -3     11   226   (SW)    213    clear     none
     22:00    40    -1      4   191    (S)    280 mstly clr    none
     23:00    37    17     13   218   (SW)    511  ptly cldy   none
     00:00    37    18      7   217   (SW)    537  ptly cldy   none
     01:00    36    18      9   197  (SSW)    484 mstly clr    none
     02:00    37    16      9   222   (SW)    543    clear     none
     03:00    37    18      7   261    (W)    520 mstly clr    none
     04:00    37    18      6   261    (W)    574  ptly cldy   none
     05:00    36    18     14   324   (NW)    795 mstly clr    none
     06:00    36    18     15   308   (NW)    697 mstly clr    none
     Note: the wind was coming from the azimuth listed.
     The convention used is north=0 degrees, east=90 degrees.
     The dust count is particles > 1u per 0.1 cubic feet.
                          TELESCOPE STATUS
    Telescope drives operational. Current TCC version: 1.2.2
    Current TUI version: 2.5.1