Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20170218
From: cgray@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2017 12:08:04 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Saturday, February 18, 2017
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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J.Bally           J.Bally               NIFPS          18:00   23:23
M.Kilic           M.Kilic               Agile          --:--   --:--
T.Murphy          R.McMillan            APOLLO         --:--   --:--
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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DD04/R     18:00   00:10   0.8   0    0    0   5.4  0.0   0    0
DD06/R     00:10   05:33   1.0  4.4   0    0    0    0    0    0
AP01/R     05:33   06:33    0   1.0   0    0    0    0    0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: C.Gray
Another fun-filled night of disappointment. We were able to open on time but the clouds were always an issues.  The dust spiked without warning around 18:00 and we had to rush to close. Once the dust levels started to come down, the humidity increased and thicker clouds rolled in. The weather stopped giving us hope and finally just started snowing around 3am. We were not able to reopen.
Gcam gave us problems during checkout.  We tried power cycling it on the intermediate level to no avail.  Russet tried a force disconnect through talk2boxes and that solved the problem.
                    ------- 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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 18:12 NICFPS     805( 1018)   0  79   2.5  4.3  4.6  4.2  3.4   H2-2.12  1.25
 19:36 NICFPS     751(  903) 152  71   3.2  3.1  3.6  3.1  3.1   H2-2.12  1.60
 21:27 NICFPS     782(  932) 289  69   3.7  3.0  3.6  3.2  3.3   H2-2.12  1.42
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    40    17     10   157  (SSE)    571   cloudy     none
     17:00    38    24     12   127   (SE)    727   cloudy     none
     18:00    36    27     16   128   (SE)    866   cloudy     none
     19:00    37    22     22   144   (SE)    778   cloudy     none
     20:00    39    18     21   147  (SSE)    624 mstly clr    none
     21:00    39    21     19   122  (ESE)    813 mstly clr    none
     22:00    39    20     21   152  (SSE)    791 mstly cldy   dust
     23:00    36    21     18   182    (S)   1686   cloudy    humid
     00:00    30    27     10   185    (S)          cloudy    humid
     01:00    30    27     11   241  (WSW)          cloudy    humid
     02:00    28    28      2   246  (WSW)          cloudy    humid
     03:00    28    28      7   227   (SW)          cloudy   lt snow
     04:00    28    28     16   213  (SSW)          cloudy   lt snow
     05:00    28    25     12   186    (S)          cloudy    humid
     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