Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20170227
From: trudyk@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2017 12:02:17 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Monday, February 27, 2017
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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J.Hughes          J.Hughes              ARCTIC         --:--   --:--
J.Holtzman        N.Ouellette           DIS            --:--   --:--
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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SU01/R     18:08   00:10   4.8  1.3   0    0   0.0  0.0   0    0
NM05/R     00:10   06:23   6.2   0    0    0   0.0  0.0   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: T.Rudyk
The night started out with overcast skies, and a system moving in.  By 20:30 we were getting radar returns all aorund us, but the rain sensor had not yet gone off. Wind began to pick up around 21:00, was yellow-lining by 22:00. Winds were redlining by 01:20.  Overcast skies and high winds persisted into the morning, no observing was accomplished.
                    ------- 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    39    13     25   241  (WSW)    519 mstly cldy   none
     17:00    39    13     18   221   (SW)    483 mstly cldy   none
     18:00    37    14     19   235   (SW)    494   cloudy     none
     19:00    37    15     17   253  (WSW)    499   cloudy     none
     20:00    37    17     20   237  (WSW)    465   cloudy     none
     21:00    37    19     24   251  (WSW)    548   cloudy     none
     22:00    37    23     26   244  (WSW)    387   cloudy     none
     23:00    36    25     28   227   (SW)    293   cloudy     none
     00:00    36    27     31   204  (SSW)    261   cloudy     none
     01:00    36    25     29   233   (SW)    283   cloudy     none
     02:00    35    21     34   233   (SW)    307   cloudy     none
     03:00    35    18     35   228   (SW)    265   cloudy     none
     04:00    33    17     33   240  (WSW)    260   cloudy     none
     05:00    34    14     32   238  (WSW)    238   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