Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20170322
From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2017 11:51:04 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Wednesday, March 22, 2017
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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E.Ellingson    E.Ellingson, CU Students DIS            18:00   00:10
                                        Eyepiece       00:10   01:10
R.Wyse            K.Hawkins             ECHELLE        01:10   02:45
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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CU01/O     19:25   01:10    0    0    0    0   5.8  0.0   0    0
JH01/R     01:10   06:54   1.3  2.8   0    0   1.6  0.0   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky
CU Class: Amanda Koziol, Alysa Derks, Christia Carter, Alex Rothsmeier, Sean Moss, Max Herman, Thro Meteizer, Fabio Mezzeh
00:10 01:10 Eyepiece
Clouds started getting thicker around 02:30 and my observer was loosing his object by 02:45.  Not much data after that, with thick clouds overhead.  I closed the mirror covers as a precaution around 03:30.  We gave up at 05:30 with clouds overhead and no stars visible thru them.
                    ------- 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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 18:44 dcamera    790( 1083) 121  43  12.8 15.2 15.0 15.0 14.6   --  1.40
 20:55 dcamera    740(  889) 144  56  12.7 12.6 13.3 12.5 12.3   --  1.60
 00:29 ecamera    832( -186) -89  56  10.5 10.4 11.0 10.3 10.3   ND4  0.84
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    64    20     27   232   (SW)    879 mstly clr    none
     17:00    63    18     18   238  (WSW)    719 mstly clr    none
     18:00    61    16     28   215   (SW)    743    clear     none
     19:00    57    13     18   213  (SSW)    613    clear     none
     20:00    56    10     14   232   (SW)    590    clear     none
     21:00    56    10     14   212  (SSW)    559    clear     none
     22:00    55     8     11   258  (WSW)   1021 mstly clr    none
     23:00    51     7      8   262    (W)   1209 mstly clr    none
     00:00    52     9     12   246  (WSW)    693  ptly cldy   none
     01:00    51     9     20   213  (SSW)    698  ptly cldy   none
     02:00    50    11     15   222   (SW)    494  ptly cldy   none
     03:00    49    13     18   233   (SW)    482   cloudy     none
     04:00    48     9     15   238  (WSW)    356   cloudy     none
     05:00    47     7     16   216   (SW)    230   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