Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20170215
From: trudyk@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2017 13:47:19 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Wednesday, February 15, 2017
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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J.Bary            J.Bary                ECHELLE        17:58   23:51
D.Gies            K.Lester              ECHELLE        23:51   06:37
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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NA01/R     17:58   00:10    0    0    0    0   4.5  1.7   0    0
GS03/R     00:10   06:37    0    0    0    0   0.0  6.4   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: T.Rudyk
Night started out good, with mostly clear skies and 70% humidity.  We opened at sunset. The humidity stayed the same, then dropped to 60% by midnight.  The skies cleared entirely, humidity dropped to 30%. The rest of the night was clear with variable seeing.  We observed all 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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 18:24 ecamera   1105( -441)  16  73  -4.2  0.1 -2.2  0.4  0.1   ND1  1.28
 19:37 ecamera    973( -673) -40  70  -3.1 -1.8 -2.6 -1.9 -2.1   ND1  0.95
 23:53 ecamera    942( -780) -79  32  -3.2 -3.8 -3.2 -3.7 -3.7   ND2  1.81
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    29    22      5   282  (WNW)        mstly clr    none
     17:00    27    19      1   234   (SW)        mstly clr    none
     18:00    25    19      1   237  (WSW)        mstly clr    none
     19:00    26    19      0   325   (NW)        mstly clr    none
     20:00    28    18      9    40   (NE)        mstly clr    none
     21:00    26    19     11   357    (N)        mstly clr    none
     22:00    26    18     11    33  (NNE)        mstly clr    none
     23:00    25    18     12    43   (NE)        mstly clr    none
     00:00    26    17     12    35   (NE)           clear     none
     01:00    27    16     12    38   (NE)           clear     none
     02:00    27    13     12    35   (NE)           clear     none
     03:00    32     4      1   201  (SSW)           clear     none
     04:00    30     7      2    23  (NNE)           clear     none
     05:00    31     4      6   350    (N)           clear     none
     06:00    28     7      6    42   (NE)           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: 1.2.2
    Current TUI version: 2.6.0