Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20170314
From: trudyk@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2017 13:10:34 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Tuesday, March 14, 2017
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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B.Ketzeback       R.McMillan,T.Rudyk    DIS            19:19   01:43
                                        NICFPS         01:58   06:00
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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EN01/W     19:19   07:05    0    0    0    0   2.0  9.8  0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: T.Rudyk
Night started clear and calm with good seeing.  Performed a pointing model, and implemented it.  Did a throughput test using DIS.  Mounted nicfps and tested narrowband filters and grism combinations.  Then using NICFPS preceeded to do a guiding test. Winds picked up and seeing degraded somewhat, but not terribly.
Skies stayed clear the whole night.  Was a very productive 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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 00:05 dcamera    765(  757) -151  78  10.2  9.7 10.3  9.9 10.1  -     0.95
 02:06 NICFPS     802( 1255) 131  61   9.4  8.9  9.4  8.7  8.9   MK-J  2.36
 04:15 NICFPS     813( 1239) 149  69   9.4  8.4  8.9  8.5  8.9   MK-J  2.32
 04:26 NICFPS     785( 1215) 152  70   9.4  8.5  9.0  8.6  9.0   MK-J  1.64
              ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    54    14     14   309   (NW)    347    clear     none
     17:00    52    12      9   342  (NNW)    270    clear     none
     18:00    52    12      7   353    (N)    273    clear     none
     19:00    51    12     14   298  (WNW)    202    clear     none
     20:00    51    14      4   319   (NW)    178    clear     none
     21:00    51    12      8   304   (NW)    171    clear     none
     22:00    50    14      9   299  (WNW)    193    clear     none
     23:00    51    14      8   314   (NW)    224    clear     none
     00:00    50    14      7   330  (NNW)    271    clear     none
     01:00    49    14      9   283  (WNW)    279    clear     none
     02:00    49    14     12   345  (NNW)    277    clear     none
     03:00    49    15     18   349    (N)    383    clear     none
     04:00    48    11     18     8    (N)    197    clear     none
     05:00    49     8     16    11    (N)    248    clear     none
     06:00    49     9     18   345  (NNW)    230    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