Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20170113
From: cgray@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2017 12:46:00 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Friday, January 13, 2017
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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C.Gray            C.Gray                ECHELLE        --:--   --:--
M.Klaene          C.Gray                X              --:--   --:--
M.Hammergren      K.Nault, M.Brucker    ARCTIC         --:--   --:--
M.Skrutskie       M.Skrutskie           TripleSpec     --:--   --:--
K.Leighly         T.Miller              ARCTIC         --:--   --:--
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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NM03/R     17:27   20:27   1.5  1.5   0    0    0    0    0    0
EN01/W     20:27   00:10   0.0  3.7   0    0    0    0    0    0
AD02/R     00:10   02:10   0.0  2.0   0    0    0    0    0    0
UV02/R     02:10   03:10   0.0  1.0   0    0    0    0    0    0
OU06/R	   03:16   06:57   0.0  3.7   0    0    0    0    0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: C.Gray
Well, blast, the night was shot due to clouds, humidity, wind, and rain.  The edge of the big storm hit us today and it will be worse tomorrow.  However, we were able to use the engineering time to check focus and contamination on DIS.  Contamination is present on the red chip (as expected) but is not bad.  We slightly refocused the blue side.
Aside from the looming snow storm keeping us closed up, no problems tonight.
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Crystal water comes at dark
Where ere it's presence leaves it's mark
And boiling currents pound like drums
When something wicked this way comes...
A presence dark invades the air
And gives the obs specs ample scare
Stratus rains and precip fills the air
When something wicked this way comes...
Ill winds mark it's fearsome flight,
And all the branches creak with fright.
The landscape turns to frozen crumbs,
When something wicked this way comes...
                    ------- 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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               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    47    18     10   189    (S)    187   cloudy     none
     17:00    46     9     16   173    (S)    124   cloudy     none
     18:00    44    12     17   179    (S)    220   cloudy     none
     19:00    43    16     16   154  (SSE)    206   cloudy     none
     20:00    43    12     14   153  (SSE)    193   cloudy     none
     21:00    44    13     21   128   (SE)    352   cloudy     none
     22:00    45    19     18   173    (S)    698   cloudy     none
     23:00    43    22     23   150  (SSE)    919   cloudy     none
     00:00    42    28     17   137   (SE)   1329   cloudy     none
     01:00    44    21     27   127   (SE)    839   cloudy     none
     02:00    42    23     20   138   (SE)    985   cloudy     none
     03:00    40    30     26   144   (SE)   1788   cloudy     rain
     04:00    39    32     20   152  (SSE)   2388   cloudy     rain
     05:00    38    32     22   147  (SSE)          cloudy     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: 2.6.0