Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20160807
From: cgray@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Mon,  8 Aug 2016 12:26:29 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Sunday, August 07, 2016
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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T.Murphy          R.McMillan            APOLLO         --:--   --:--
C.Hayes           C.Hayes               ECHELLE        22:21   23:10
J.Roberts         J.Roberts             NICFPS         03:34   06:12
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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AP01/R     20:04   21:04    0   1.0   0    0   0.0  0.0   0    0
UV03/R     21:04   01:10   2.0  1.3   0    0   0.2  0.6   0    0
CU01/R     01:10   06:14   2.4   0    0    0   2.7  0.0   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: C.Gray
Another dark and stormy night.  Though, less dark thanks to the moon and less stormy after sunset. However, the clouds lingered and the rain was too close for comfort for several hours. We were able to open at 22:21 but, while I tried to stay open as long as possible, the clouds just became too thick and the threat of rain too high so I closed less than an hour later.  We were able to reopen around 3:30am when the sky sompletely cleared! Haaazaaa!  Clouds came and went but we made it to dawn.
AP01 was scheduled for the first hour but, given the laser was non-operational, time was given to UV03, which was clouded out.
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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 21:28 ecamera    624(  -72) 171  76  17.2 16.9 17.5 16.7 16.8   Clear  0.92
 02:46 NICFPS     575( 1363) 129  61  15.4 15.4 15.8 15.7 15.6   MK-Ks  0.98
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    59    45     16   111  (ESE)    170   cloudy     rain
     17:00    61    44     13   190    (S)    689   cloudy     rain
     18:00    58    44     26   128   (SE)   1246   cloudy     rain
     19:00    58    45      9   110  (ESE)    933  ptly cldy   none
     20:00    63    41      2   263    (W)    738  ptly cldy   none
     21:00    63    42      1   273    (W)   1259 mstly cldy   none
     22:00    63    42      3   191    (S)   1342 mstly cldy   none
     23:00    64    40     10   168  (SSE)   1402   cloudy     rain
     00:00    63    42     11   175    (S)   1596   cloudy     none
     01:00    57    46     15    63  (ENE)   1419   cloudy     none
     02:00    59    43     11   113  (ESE)   1313   cloudy     none
     03:00    61    41      9   112  (ESE)   1307  ptly cldy   none
     04:00    60    42      9   111  (ESE)   1466 mstly clr    none
     05:00    59    43     14   126   (SE)   1797  ptly cldy   none
     06:00    60    46     12   168  (SSE)   2463  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