Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20160228
From: cgray@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Mon, 29 Feb 2016 13:46:46 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Sunday, February 28, 2016
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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D.Bizyaev         D.Bizyaev             DIS            18:22   00:05
M.Hammergren      K.Nault, M.Brucker    ARCTIC         00:17   02:05
K.Kinemuchi       K.Kinemuchi           ARCTIC         02:21   05:07
T.Murphy          R.McMillan, T. Murphy APOLLO         05:24   06:23
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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NM05/R     18:08   00:10    0    0    0    0   5.2  0.8   0    0
AD02/R     00:10   02:10    0    0    0    0   0.0  2.0   0    0
NM08/R     02:10   05:23    0    0    0    0   0.0  3.2   0    0
AP01/R     05:23   06:23    0    0    0    0   0.0  1.0   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: C.Gray
THe night started off with some high, thin clouds.  Once things equalized and the clouds rolled out, seeing got down to an unbelievable 0.65"!!!  And then went back up past 1" at dawn.
                    ------- 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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 18:33 dcamera    629(  684) 178  70   7.5 11.0 10.1 11.6 10.7   --  1.30
 00:28 arctic   569(  532)  -6  43   7.0  5.9  6.4  5.9  6.0   SDSS-r  0.65
 02:31 arctic   494(  414) 161  51   5.4  5.2  5.7  5.1  5.0   MSSSO-R  0.65
 05:29 APOLLO     425( 1044) -10  42   4.9  4.2  4.6  4.1  4.2   530  1.70
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    53    11     13   271    (W)    691 mstly clr    none
     17:00    50     8      8   267    (W)    779    clear     none
     18:00    46     8      5   334  (NNW)    841    clear     none
     19:00    45     8     10    85    (E)    951    clear     none
     20:00    43    14     11    84    (E)    752    clear     none
     21:00    42    14      5    99    (E)    890    clear     none
     22:00    44     9      7   183    (S)    795    clear     none
     23:00    41     8      6   189    (S)    837    clear     none
     00:00    45     7     11   205  (SSW)   1053    clear     none
     01:00    45     3     10   191    (S)    986    clear     none
     02:00    40     7     12   207  (SSW)   1068    clear     none
     03:00    42     8     15   189    (S)    955    clear     none
     04:00    41    11     13   197  (SSW)   1076    clear     none
     05:00    41    12      8   181    (S)   1012    clear     none
     06:00    40    12      9   189    (S)   1096    clear     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