Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20160326
From: cgray@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2016 12:46:57 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Saturday, March 26, 2016
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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J.Holtzman        J.Holtzman            ARCTIC         20:09   23:05
                  NMSU Class            NICFPS         23:05   01:05
V.Woolf           V.Woolf               Echelle        01:10   06:17
   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     19:28   01:10   0.7   0    0    0   2.1  2.9   0    0
UW10/R     01:10   06:49    0    0    0    0   0.0  5.6   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: C.Gray
The night started off very windy and we could not open until 20:09.  Seeing was moderate to poor all night.
NM02 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.
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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 19:45 arctic   625(  658) 138  53   6.9  7.4  7.9  7.2  6.9   659/3  2.00
 20:58 arctic   615(  587)  10  42   4.7  6.0  6.8  5.8  5.2   sdss-r  1.50
 23:10 NICFPS   505(  726) 223  75   4.9  4.5  5.0  4.5  4.6   MK-H  2.15
 00:17 ecamera  553( -790) 248  67   3.5  4.1  4.8  4.2  3.9   clear  1.20
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    50     6     21   251  (WSW)   1607    clear     none
     17:00    49     8     35   263    (W)   2344    clear     none
     18:00    49     8     30   264    (W)   2098    clear     none
     19:00    47     7     26   258  (WSW)   2765    clear     dust
     20:00    45     6     26   280    (W)   3585    clear     dust
     21:00    45     6     23   266    (W)   1728    clear     none
     22:00    40     9     10   311   (NW)   2212    clear     none
     23:00    41    10     13   283  (WNW)   1670    clear     none
     00:00    40    11     18   321   (NW)   1432    clear     none
     01:00    40     8     10   239  (WSW)   1432    clear     none
     02:00    38    11     11   337  (NNW)   1434    clear     none
     03:00    36     8      9   318   (NW)   1483    clear     none
     04:00    35     7     12   352    (N)   1190    clear     none
     05:00    36     8     13   358    (N)   1116    clear     none
     06:00    37     8     14   353    (N)   1085    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