Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20160325
From: cgray@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2016 12:50:59 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Friday, March 25, 2016
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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J.Holtzman        J.Holtzman,NMSU Class Echelle        19:22   00:16
T.Murphy          R.McMillan, T.Murphy  APOLLO         00:21   01:06
M.Hammergren      K.Nault               ARCTIC         01:09   03:06
J.Holtzman        J.Holtzman,NMSU Class Echelle        03:09   06:36
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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NM02/O     19:27   00:25    0    0    0    0   1.9  3.0   0    0
AP02/R     00:25   01:10    0    0    0    0   0.0  0.8   0    0
AD02/R     01:10   03:10    0    0    0    0   0.0  2.0   0    0
NM02/O     03:10   06:50    0    0    0    0   0.0  3.7   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: C.Gray
The night started off clear and breezy.  Seeing was excellent at the beginning and end of the night.  Clouds rolled in for a couple hours before midnight but was clear the rest of the night.
NM05 was comprised of the NMSU observing class.  The following students were present for telescope training: Laural Ferris, Gavin Mathes, Jeremy Emmett, Jodi Berdis, Agnar Hall, Caitlin Doughty, Drew Chojnowsai, James Fleeman, Emma Dahl.
                    ------- 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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 18:45 ecamera    618( -602)   7  55   5.6  6.4  6.5  6.0  5.8   ND2  0.86
 20:55 ecamera    582( -725) 207  60   4.5  4.7  5.4  4.7  4.3   clear  1.30
 23:23 APOLLO     450( 1035)  36  39   2.9  3.3  4.0  3.2  3.0   530    1.80
 00:18 arctic     485(  272)  -2  80   3.3  2.8  3.4  2.8  2.8   SDSS-r  0.90
 02:15 ecamera    568( -812) 120  29   3.5  2.8  3.5  3.1  2.8   ---   1.30
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    45     7     21   266    (W)    807    clear     none
     17:00    47     9     22   265    (W)    900    clear     none
     18:00    48     7     15   257  (WSW)    864    clear     none
     19:00    44     4     20   284  (WNW)    870 mstly clr    none
     20:00    42     5     17   269    (W)    940  ptly cldy   none
     21:00    41     5     16   264    (W)   1036  ptly cldy   none
     22:00    40     6     16   322   (NW)   1156    clear     none
     23:00    40     1     16   330  (NNW)   1230    clear     none
     00:00    38     0     11   331  (NNW)   1050    clear     none
     01:00    38     1      7   318   (NW)    969    clear     none
     02:00    38     1     10   316   (NW)   1010    clear     none
     03:00    38    -1     12   294  (WNW)    919 mstly clr    none
     04:00    39    -1     14   293  (WNW)    777    clear     none
     05:00    39     3     12   301  (WNW)    833    clear     none
     06:00    38     4     11   284  (WNW)    827    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