Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20170513
From: mcmillan@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Sun, 14 May 2017 12:29:19 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Saturday, May 13, 2017
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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S.Hasselquist     S.Hasselquist         ECHELLE        20:00   01:06
S.vanVelzen       S.vanVelzen           NIC-FPS        01:09   04:56
T.Murphy          R.McMillan            APOLLO         04:59   05:55
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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NM08/R     20:03   01:10    0    0    0    0   2.3  2.8   0    0
JH06/R     01:10   04:56    0    0    0    0   0.0  3.8   0    0
AP01/R     04:56   05:56    0    0    0    0   0.0  1.0   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: R.McMillan
Clear all night.  We had excellent seeing for a large portion of the night, then around 3 am the wind shifted to the southeast and seeing got bad for a couple of hours, but by morning twilight the wind changed again and seeing  moderated, just in time for APOLLO.
The only problems were little ones.  gcam needed a restart at the beginning of the night again.  Also, when I switched to NICFPS the NA2 eyelid failed to open even though the window said it was open; this caused a couple of minutes of consternation but not a significant time loss.
                    ------- 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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 20:16 ecamera    993(  272) 197  73  14.7 16.3 15.8 15.9 15.6   ND1  0.77
 01:27 NICFPS     784( 1455)  86  75  13.5 13.3 13.9 13.2 13.2   J  0.72
 02:56 NICFPS     762( 1414) -30  56  12.0 12.7 13.3 12.7 12.7   H  1.02
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    66    24     20   250  (WSW)    814    clear     none
     17:00    65    24     14   256  (WSW)    923    clear     none
     18:00    66    24     11   227   (SW)   1105    clear     none
     19:00    63    23     17   215   (SW)   1238    clear     none
     20:00    58    22     12   235   (SW)   1197    clear     none
     21:00    58    19     11   237  (WSW)   1178    clear     none
     22:00    58    18     10   235   (SW)   1137    clear     none
     23:00    57    18     12   197  (SSW)   1108    clear     none
     00:00    58    18     11   202  (SSW)    966    clear     none
     01:00    56    17      8   201  (SSW)           clear     none
     02:00    55    19     14   187    (S)           clear     none
     03:00    53    23      8   181    (S)           clear     none
     04:00    52    28      1   148  (SSE)           clear     none
     05:00    54    19      5   266    (W)   1331    clear     none
     06:00    54    18      9   302  (WNW)   1188    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