Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20160311
From: cgray@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2016 12:26:40 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Friday, March 11, 2016
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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T.Murphy          R.McMillan, T.Murphy, APOLLO         18:12   19:12
                  N.Colmenares
M.Crenshaw        M.Revalski, C.Machuca DIS            19:25   22:05
M.Hammergren      K.Nault, M.Brucker    ARCTIC         22:30   00:10
A.Verbiscer       A.Verbiscer, B.Holler ARCTIC         00:17   05:25
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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AP01/R     18:17   19:17    0    0    0    0   0.0  1.0   0    0
GS03/R     19:17   22:10    0    0    0    0   0.7  2.2   0    0
AD02/R     22:10   00:10    0    0    0    0   2.0  0.0   0    0
UV07/R     00:10   06:08    0    0    0    0   6.0  0.0   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: C.Gray
Tspec good.
The night started out fairly calm with high thin clouds which were thick on the western horizon.  The clouds increased in density but all programs were able to observe.
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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 18:19 APOLLO     550( 1423) -92  44   5.4  9.0  8.3  9.3  7.4   580  1.50
 22:30 arctic   464(  319) 137  80   4.1  4.2  4.7  4.0  4.0   SDSS-r  0.80
 00:17 arctic   539(  415)  36  81   5.4  4.6  5.2  4.8  4.8   SDSS-r  0.70
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    48    22      9   226   (SW)    879  ptly cldy   none
     17:00    47    21     10   210  (SSW)    847  ptly cldy   none
     18:00    43    20      7   239  (WSW)    892  ptly cldy   none
     19:00    42    20      7   199  (SSW)    965 mstly clr    none
     20:00    42    19      9   195  (SSW)   1041  ptly cldy   none
     21:00    40    19      8   188    (S)   1193 mstly cldy   none
     22:00    39    19      7   184    (S)   1302 mstly cldy   none
     23:00    40    20      4   175    (S)   1580 mstly cldy   none
     00:00    42    20      8   231   (SW)   1135 mstly cldy   none
     01:00    42    18      3   222   (SW)   1030 mstly cldy   none
     02:00    41    18     11   221   (SW)    989  ptly cldy   none
     03:00    40    15     11   214   (SW)    624 mstly clr    none
     04:00    40    17     13   239  (WSW)    806  ptly cldy   none
     05:00    38    18     13   249  (WSW)    962    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