Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20170114
From: cgray@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2017 11:21:38 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Saturday, January 14, 2017
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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C.Gray            C.Gray                ECHELLE        --:--   --:--
K.Pan             H.Yan                 ECHELLE        --:--   --:--
W.Jao             T.Clements            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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NM03/R     17:28   20:28   2.5  0.5   0    0   0    0    0    0
NM11/R     20:28   00:10   0.0  3.7   0    0   0    0    0    0
GS05/R     00:10   06:57   0.0  6.8   0    0   0    0    0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: C.Gray
It was a dark and stormy night...the rain fell in torrents - except at occasional internals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which swept up the slopes (for it is in Sunspot that our scene lies), thundering along the dome tops, and fiercely agitating the scanty light of the incandescent bulbs that struggled against the storm.
..
OK, most of that phrasing was completely stolen from Bulwer-Lytton but it is all true! We were not able to open tonight, though I was very tempted to push my luck with Venus before the storm official hit.  The power did not go out but the lights were flickering like mad when the storm hit at the beginning of the night.  We were promised 9 inches of snow and we only got half an inch of rain and grapple...which turned to sludge.
No problems tonight (except for a very disappointed snowman architect).
                    ------- 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    41    31     15   146   (SE)   1758  ptly cldy   none
     17:00    40    28     19   137   (SE)   1440  ptly cldy   none
     18:00    37    32     19   127   (SE)         ptly cldy   none
     19:00    39    32     29   142   (SE)        mstly cldy   none
     20:00    40    31     25   183    (S)        mstly clr    rain
     21:00    37    32      7   179    (S)          cloudy     rain
     22:00    39    31     19   160  (SSE)          cloudy     rain
     23:00    37    31     28   146   (SE)          cloudy     rain
     00:00    35    30     11   244  (WSW)          cloudy     rain
     01:00    36    31     16   174    (S)          cloudy     rain
     02:00    36    31     17   184    (S)          cloudy     rain
     03:00    36    31     22   174    (S)          cloudy     rain
     04:00    35    31     22   188    (S)          cloudy     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: 2.6.0