Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20170430
From: mcmillan@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Mon,  1 May 2017 12:03:00 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Sunday, April 30, 2017
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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J.S.Pineda        J.S.Pineda            DIS            20:05   01:09
M.Kilic           A.Kosakowski          DIS            01:10   05:30
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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CU05/R     19:53   01:10    0    0    0    0   0.6  4.7   0    0
OU04/R     01:10   06:07    0    0    0    0   4.9  0.0   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: R.McMillan
A nice clear night, with moderate seeing which was considerably better than forecast.  The telescope and instruments worked well, aside from a large focus swing in the first couple of hours which would be expected from the big temperature changes this weekend.  ARCSAT also got some use, although there was some difficulty with the weather reporting system.
                    ------- 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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 20:23 dcamera   1083(  826)  63  53   5.3  4.7  4.5  5.1  5.2   -  1.57
 21:12 dcamera    882(  620)  46  62   5.1  4.7  4.9  5.0  5.0   -  1.29
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    41    18     26   299  (WNW)    396    clear     none
     17:00    43    20     22   291  (WNW)    205    clear     none
     18:00    43    15     17   284  (WNW)    204    clear     none
     19:00    43    12     18   301  (WNW)    226    clear     none
     20:00    42    11     17   311   (NW)    235    clear     none
     21:00    41    12     20   290  (WNW)    259    clear     none
     22:00    43     9     13   274    (W)    242    clear     none
     23:00    42     9     20   290  (WNW)    294    clear     none
     00:00    41    11     12   293  (WNW)    356    clear     none
     01:00    40    10     21   308   (NW)    421    clear     none
     02:00    40    10     18   322   (NW)    398    clear     none
     03:00    39    10     10   338  (NNW)    424    clear     none
     04:00    39    11     12   313   (NW)    445    clear     none
     05:00    39    11      7   315   (NW)    466    clear     none
     06:00    38    11     10   308   (NW)    480    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