Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20161207
From: trudyk@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Thu,  8 Dec 2016 12:15:04 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Wednesday, December 07, 2016
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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K.Pan             H.Yan                 ECHELLE        18:19   18:37
B.Morris          B.Morris              ECHELLE        01:56   02:45
M.Kuzuhara        M.Kuzuhara            TSPEC          --:--   --:--
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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NM06/R     17:06   00:10    0   6.8   0    0   0.0  0.3   0    0
UW13/R     00:10   03:10   1.6  0.6   0    0   0.8  0.0   0    0
DD03/R     03:10   06:45   3.6   0    0    0   0.0  0.0   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: T.Rudyk
We were met with clouds and threat of rain intially. Threat of rain passed, we opened, but the clouds were too thick to collect data.  Another blip on the radar appeared, and it was thought best to close at 18:37. Thick clouds and radar returns to the norht and south of us kept us closed through NM06's programs. At 01:56, clouds seemed to be breaking up and we opened.  Almost immediately, humidity began to climb.  UW13 was unable to guide due to clouds, and gave up at 02:45.  We closed the dome shortly after.  Rising humidity meant that we did not open again. Observer threw in the towel at 04:30.
                    ------- 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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 19:28 ecamera    776( -700)  81  32  -0.1  1.0  1.1  1.1  0.3   clear  1.44
 03:02 ecamera    796( -808) 210  64  -1.9 -1.0 -0.6 -0.7 -0.7   ND2  1.32
      ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    33    20      5   255  (WSW)   1071 mstly cldy   none
     17:00    32    17      1   206  (SSW)   1021 mstly cldy   none
     18:00    32    17      3   129   (SE)    941 mstly cldy   none
     19:00    33    15      7   103  (ESE)    752   cloudy     none
     20:00    30    19     10    90    (E)    945   cloudy     none
     21:00    31    19     14   111  (ESE)   1033   cloudy     none
     22:00    31    19     14   176    (S)   1055   cloudy     none
     23:00    31    20     15   185    (S)   1131   cloudy     none
     00:00    32    20     12   238  (WSW)   1298   cloudy     none
     01:00    30    20     14   212  (SSW)   1201   cloudy     none
     02:00    29    23     11   216   (SW)   1732 mstly cldy   none
     03:00    28    24     14   205  (SSW)          cloudy    humid
     04:00    27    25     13   210  (SSW)          cloudy    humid
     05:00    27    27     11   201  (SSW)          cloudy     fog
     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: 2.6.0