Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20160617
From: trudyk@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Sat, 18 Jun 2016 11:56:58 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Friday, June 17, 2016
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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Van Velzen        Van Velzen            NIC-FPS        20:25   01:05
N.Troup           N.Troup               ECHELLE        01:12   05:46
   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     20:23   01:10    0    0    0    0.5 0.0  4.3   0    0
UV06/R     01:10   05:46    0    0    0    0   0.9  3.6   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: T.Rudyk,C.Gray
Clear nights seem to equal telescope problems, it seems.  Lost axis rotator control.  Rot terminal server needed reset. Happened at 50 deg alt, 100 deg AZz(approx.). After problem resolved, smooth sailing until dawn.
                    ------- FAILURE LOG -------
PROG   INST   FAILURE MODE     TIME
    (SEDFNVOG)   TI/SHU    START  FINISH  DESCRIPTION
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JH04/R  N        T/S      22:19   22:50   Rot terminal server needed reset.
            ---------------- FOCUS LOG ---------------
Time  Instrument  Focus     Az  El  Temp Strc Prim  Sec  Air  filt  FWHM
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 20:46 NICFPS     496( 1585)  99  51  19.8 21.2 20.7 20.4 19.7   Mk-ks  1.96
 21:26 NICFPS     466( 1500)  95  60  19.9 20.3 20.1 19.4 19.2   Mk-ks  1.84
 23:08 NICFPS     466( 1434) 175  75  20.2 19.1 19.4 18.4 18.9   Mk-ks  1.64
 01:23 ecamera    518(  -78) 175  31  19.9 18.3 19.0 17.8 18.1   clear  0.99
 03:17 ecamera    513( -131)  52  62  19.2 17.8 18.4 17.6 17.9   clear  0.92
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    75    29      7   265    (W)    524    clear     none
     17:00    73    26     14   268    (W)    560    clear     none
     18:00    72    25     12   262    (W)    558    clear     none
     19:00    73    26      4   248  (WSW)    553    clear     none
     20:00    69    22      7   319   (NW)    566    clear     none
     21:00    67    20      1   252  (WSW)    494    clear     none
     22:00    67    20      0   207  (SSW)    535    clear     none
     23:00    67    21      1   217   (SW)    485    clear     none
     00:00    68    23      1   311   (NW)    488    clear     none
     01:00    67    19      3   211  (SSW)    566    clear     none
     02:00    68    19      2   251  (WSW)    641    clear     none
     03:00    67    18      3   291  (WNW)    572    clear     none
     04:00    65    18      3   296  (WNW)    583    clear     none
     05:00    66    17      2   321   (NW)    514    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