Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20160925
From: trudyk@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2016 12:02:33 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Sunday, September 25, 2016
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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R.Wyse            K.Hawkings            ECHELLE        --:--   --:--
M.Hammergren      K.Nault,M.Brucker     ARCTIC         --:--   --:--
V.Woolf           V.Woolf               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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JH01/R     19:04   00:10    5.1  0    0    0   0.0  0.0   0    0
AD02/R     00:10   02:10    2.0  0    0    0   0.0  0.0   0    0
UW10/R     02:10   06:46    0.6  4.0  0    0   0.0  0.0   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: T.Rudyk
Night started out cloudy and very windy with gusts above 35mph.  Tspec has been showing erroneous values both Saurday and tonight.
Around 20:30 winds have progressively gotten worse, are now regularly around 35mph, gusting to 40+. Rain sensor went off at 20:40.  High winds (gusts exceeding 50mph) and humidity  have continued through 23:00.  Rain sensor was tripped at 23:50.
03:30 50+ mph winds persist. 04:00 rain again. 05:15 another shower came through.
Winds continued into dawn, by 06:00 we gave up the night.
                    ------- 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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                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    47    39     22    72  (ENE)   1774 mstly cldy   none
     17:00    45    39     26    70  (ENE)   1610 mstly cldy   none
     18:00    44    39     20    78  (ENE)        mstly cldy   none
     19:00    43    39     30    75  (ENE)        mstly cldy  humid
     20:00    42    38     31    73  (ENE)        mstly cldy lt rain
     21:00    42    38     18    84    (E)        mstly cldy  humid
     22:00    42    38     17    82    (E)        mstly cldy  humid
     23:00    41    37     41    69  (ENE)        mstly cldy lt rain
     00:00    41    34     35    80    (E)   1643 mstly cldy lt rain
     01:00    41    32     35    73  (ENE)   1412 mstly cldy   none
     02:00    40    32     29    73  (ENE)   1305 mstly cldy   none
     03:00    39    33     45    71  (ENE)   1163 mstly cldy   none
     04:00    39    32     28    79    (E)    923 mstly cldy lt rain
     05:00    39    27     36    69  (ENE)    636 mstly cldy lt rain
     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