Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20160614
From: cgray@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2016 11:41:35 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Tuesday, June 14, 2016
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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S.van Velzen      S.van Velzen          NIC-FPS        20:30   00:02
M.Hammergren      K.Nault, M.Brucker    ARCTIC         00:16   02:03
D.Bizyaev         D.Bizyaev             DIS            02:20   05:10
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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JH04/R     20:22   00:10    0    0    0    0   0.0  3.8   0    0
AD02/R     00:10   02:10    0    0    0    0   0.0  2.0   0    0
NM05/R     02:10   05:46    0    0    0    0   2.8  0.8   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: C.Gray
On this episode of Ghost Hunters, TAPS travels to Sunspot, NM to check out the famous ARC 3.5m telescope, where the ghosts of old observers are rumored to lurk. Several obs specs have reported seeing orbs on their dome floor IR cameras.  Others admit to feeling fingers in their hair and flutterings on their skin in the dark.  Are these the malevolent spirits of those observers lost to the threat of rain or something more...sinister?
Spoiler:
Moths. It was moths.  They're all over the dome and attacking the IR camera! They must be celebrating the perfectly clear skies, calm wind, low dust, and good seeing we had all night. I will admit to jumping a few times when they hit the camera...
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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 19:46 NICFPS     634( 1615) 103  42  16.4 19.0 18.5 18.6 17.5   MK-H  1.27
 20:38 NICFPS     474( 1373)  98  53  15.0 17.4 17.4 16.8 16.2   MK-J  1.03
 23:24 arctic     459(  893) 166  67  16.6 15.4 15.9 15.1 15.2   SDSS-r  1.09
 01:31 dcamera    388(  683) 253  34  15.8 15.2 15.6 15.0 15.3   --  1.29
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    68    22     17   269    (W)    490    clear     none
     17:00    69    22     13   244  (WSW)    511    clear     none
     18:00    68    22     12   272    (W)    446    clear     none
     19:00    66    20     12   264    (W)    455    clear     none
     20:00    63    18      8   256  (WSW)    534    clear     none
     21:00    61    17     10   243  (WSW)    635    clear     none
     22:00    59    17      9   260    (W)    553    clear     none
     23:00    61    18     11   246  (WSW)    635    clear     none
     00:00    60    18      8   252  (WSW)    624    clear     none
     01:00    61    18      9   263    (W)    683    clear     none
     02:00    59    16      8   263    (W)    614    clear     none
     03:00    60    17      7   278    (W)    574    clear     none
     04:00    61    17      5   265    (W)    531    clear     none
     05:00    60    17      8   260    (W)    538    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