Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20171101
From: trudyk@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Thu,  2 Nov 2017 13:13:22 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Wednesday, November 01, 2017
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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M.Bentz           M.Bentz               DIS            18:16   19:19
M.E.Kaiser        M.Morris              ECHELLE        19:22   23:53
T.Marriage        M.Hilton              NICFPS         01:35   06:46
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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GS01/R     18:21   19:21    0    0    0    0   0.0  1.0   0    0
JH04/R     19:21   01:10    0   1.1   0    0   0.0  4.5   0    0
JH08/R     01:10   07:14    0   0.4   0    0   1.7  4.0   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: T.Rudyk
Evening start with clear skies and decent seeing. Around 23:00 the wind started to pick up, and we had trouble guiding in the direction of the wind, so we avoided westerly targets. Just shy of midnight, the winds started to regularly exceed limits, and we closed. Winds died down again around 01:30 and we opened. We stayed open for the remainder of 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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 18:40 dcamera    465(  600) 110  62   7.4  8.5  8.7  8.1  7.5   -  1.10
 19:27 ecamera    379( -376) 201  54   7.4  7.7  8.1  7.4  7.4   ND1  1.02
 01:50 NICFPS     401(  905)  50  45   5.9  5.8  6.1  5.9  5.9   MK-Ks  0.94
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    50    29     16   268    (W)    938 mstly clr    none
     17:00    51    30     20   255  (WSW)    772    clear     none
     18:00    47    29     15   265    (W)    848    clear     none
     19:00    45    26     19   265    (W)    590    clear     none
     20:00    45    25     23   265    (W)    629    clear     none
     21:00    44    25     20   261    (W)    646    clear     none
     22:00    44    24     26   273    (W)    657    clear     none
     23:00    44    21     26   285  (WNW)    622    clear     none
     00:00    43    20     24   284  (WNW)    692    clear     none
     01:00    43    20     26   282  (WNW)    909    clear     none
     02:00    43    20     19   300  (WNW)    733    clear     none
     03:00    43    21     13   274    (W)    662    clear     none
     04:00    42    21     13   314   (NW)    680    clear     none
     05:00    41    22     15   269    (W)    672    clear     none
     06:00    40    22     14   283  (WNW)    703    clear     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: 1.2.4
    Current TUI version: 2.6.0