Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20160825
From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2016 11:14:02 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Thursday, August 25, 2016
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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D.Bizyaev         D.Bizyaev             DIS            21:45   00:10
C.Sakari          C.Sakari              ECHELLE        --:--   --:--
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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NM07/O     19:45   01:10   2.9  0.1   0    0   2.4  0.1   0    0
UW06/R     01:10   06:26    0   5.3   0    0    0    0    0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky
Echelle did not take a ThAr during checkout tonight (using checkout script).  It seemed to take the Qrtz lamnps for the IOL fine.  I ran the script a second time and it worked fine.
Clouds kept us closed for the first couple of hours.  We finally opened around 21:45 and fought clouds for the remainder of the first half.  I saw a threat of nearby rain on radar and we closed at 00:30 but the clouds really had been too thick to get anything useful for the past 20 mins or so.
We had some light rain around 02:00 (not visible on Holomann radar or state radar!!!, but we were closed irregardless) and I saw nearby radar echos pop up for the remainder of the second half.
We called it a night at 04:40 with thick clouds moving in from the east now and humidity climbing the past 30 mins.
                    ------- 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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 20:55 dcamera    548(  733)  12  57  12.2 13.4 13.5 13.5 13.1   --  1.37
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    59    42      4   258  (WSW)        mstly cldy   none
     17:00    58    39      7   104  (ESE)        mstly cldy   none
     18:00    57    44      8   113  (ESE)        mstly cldy   none
     19:00    54    42      7    77  (ENE)        mstly cldy   none
     20:00    56    37      1   234   (SW)        mstly cldy   none
     21:00    55    40      1   234   (SW)        mstly cldy   none
     22:00    54    41      6   186    (S)         ptly cldy   none
     23:00    54    40      6   122  (ESE)        mstly cldy   none
     00:00    53    37     10   154  (SSE)          cloudy     none
     01:00    53    42     11   183    (S)          cloudy     none
     02:00    52    43      7   193  (SSW)          cloudy   lt rain
     03:00    52    44      7   193  (SSW)          cloudy     none
     04:00    50    44      7   185    (S)        mstly cldy   none
     05:00    50    44      6   187    (S)         ptly cldy   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