Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20160429
From: cgray@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2016 11:24:53 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Friday, April 29, 2016
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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C.Gray            N.Schneider, C.Schmidt DIS            --:--   --:--
                  C.Gray, C.Grava,
M.Hammergren      K.Nault,K.Brucker      ARCTIC         --:--   --:--
D.York            D.York                 ECHELLE        02:10   05:19
   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     19:53   00:10   4.3  0.0   0    0   0    0   0    0
AD02/R     00:10   02:10   1.8  0.2   0    0   0    0   0    0
UC01/R     02:10   06:08    0    0    0    0  0.0  4.0  0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: C.Gray
It was a dark and stormy night.  Or, rather, there were stormy clouds and it started snowing around midnight.  We were able to open at 2am and the seeing was poor-moderate.
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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 01:39 ecamera    427( -991)   1  38   1.2  2.2  3.6  1.9  1.6   clear  1.90
 02:31 ecamera    450(-1003) -14  36   1.1  1.5  2.7  1.5  1.2   ND1  1.40
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    44    13     20   251  (WSW)   1983 mstly cldy   none
     17:00    43    17     19   245  (WSW)   1911 mstly cldy   none
     18:00    42    18     20   260    (W)   1419 mstly cldy   none
     19:00    42    19     28   264    (W)   2105 mstly cldy   none
     20:00    40    20     22   247  (WSW)   1200 mstly cldy   none
     21:00    38    21     26   267    (W)    950 mstly cldy   none
     22:00    38    21     17   265    (W)    857 mstly cldy   none
     23:00    37    21     17   268    (W)   1214 mstly cldy   none
     00:00    36    21     14   271    (W)   1263 mstly cldy lt snow
     01:00    35    22     14   281    (W)   1271  ptly cldy   none
     02:00    35    21     17   273    (W)   1180 mstly clr    none
     03:00    34    22     17   290  (WNW)   1124    clear     none
     04:00    34    23     14   293  (WNW)   1112    clear     none
     05:00    33    24     16   300  (WNW)   1075    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