Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20161107
From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Tue,  8 Nov 2016 12:21:52 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Monday, November 07, 2016
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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M.Hammergren    K.Nault, M.Brucker      DIS            20:15   23:10
M.Hammergren    K.Nault, M.Brucker      DIS            23:10   01:10
M.Kuzuhara      M.Kuzuhara, J.Wisnewski DIS            --:--   --:--
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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AD01/R     17:15   23:10    0  3.0    0    0   0.0  2.9   0    0
AD02/R     23:10   01:10    0    0    0    0   1.2  0.8   0    0
DD03/R     01:10   06:19   5.1   0    0    0   0.0  0.0   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky
I found the telescope against one of the telescope/enclosure collision switches during afternoon checkout.  I pushed the telescope off and all seemed fine.  Not sure how it got moved onto the switch.
We had some clouds and possible precipitation to our west at the start of the night, which delayed us in opening.
Winds picked up from the NE after midnight but we were pointing to the to the West so the mirror was stable and I pushed the closure limits.  By 01:00 the wind gusts were now 40+ MPH so I opted to close the building until the winds died down below closure.
We threw in the towel at 05:00 with high humidity and winds outside.
                    ------- 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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 20:32 dcamera    529(  383) -88  67   5.3  7.0  7.4  7.0  6.6   --  2.20
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    48    31      1   248  (WSW)    427  ptly cldy   none
     17:00    45    31      1   188    (S)    324 mstly cldy   none
     18:00    43    32     14    79    (E)    509 mstly cldy   none
     19:00    42    32     18    76  (ENE)    542 mstly cldy   none
     20:00    42    29     19    79    (E)    592 mstly clr    none
     21:00    41    30     27    67  (ENE)    572  ptly cldy   none
     22:00    42    30     21    69  (ENE)    611 mstly cldy   none
     23:00    42    28     19    71  (ENE)    611 mstly cldy   none
     00:00    40    26     24    69  (ENE)    653  ptly cldy   none
     01:00    38    26     33    61  (ENE)    802 mstly clr    none
     02:00    36    29     28    75  (ENE)   1106    clear    humid
     03:00    34    31     32    72  (ENE)           clear    humid
     04:00    33    31     28    74  (ENE)           clear    humid
     05:00    34    32     32    68  (ENE)           clear    humid
     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