Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20170521
From: trudyk@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Mon, 22 May 2017 12:42:07 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Sunday, May 21, 2017
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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J.Turner          J.Turner              ARCTIC         20:08   01:16
K.Kinemuchi       K.Kinemuchi           DIS            01:32   05:51
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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UV04/R     20:08   01:16    0    0    0    0   5.1  0.0   0    0
DD05/R     01:32   05:51    0    0   0.5   0   1.8  2.0   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: T.Rudyk
On checkout, ecam was not responding.  StartNubs did not work, had to power cycle the camera.  It worked after the cycle. Skies were partly cloudy at the start of the night. Seeing was very poor, as the air temperature dropped much quicker than the mirror could cool.
Several problems plagued us, ARCSAT misbehaved, the echelle-icc died, and we had a alt-axis halting problem.  NM02's program had to be cancelled on account of echelle.  We found a replacement in DD05, so very little sky time was lost.
Over all, the skies were clear, but even after the mirror cooled, seeing reamined fair at best.
                    ------- FAILURE LOG -------
PROG   INST   FAILURE MODE     TIME
    (SEDFNVOG)   TI/SHU    START  FINISH  DESCRIPTION
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DD05    D         T/H      01:32  01:52  Alt axis halted
            ---------------- FOCUS LOG ---------------
Time  Instrument  Focus     Az  El  Temp Strc Prim  Sec  Air  filt  FWHM
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 20:42 arctic   598( 1148) 106  71  10.5 13.8 14.3 13.7 12.8   J-C B  2.63
 01:50 dcamera    567(  773) 352  34  10.4  9.5 10.1  9.6  9.8   -  1.97
 03:09 dcamera    598(  767) 125  64   9.2  9.2  9.8  9.3  9.2   -  1.63
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    63    21     11   271    (W)    697 mstly clr    none
     17:00    60    22      2   304   (NW)    652 mstly clr    none
     18:00    63    25      8   255  (WSW)    713    clear     none
     19:00    61    25     12   266    (W)    754    clear     none
     20:00    56    27     10   210  (SSW)    921    clear     none
     21:00    50    44      8   118  (ESE)   1850    clear     none
     22:00    49    43     14   158  (SSE)   2034    clear     none
     23:00    53    37     11   186    (S)   1204    clear     none
     00:00    48    40     15   160  (SSE)   1108    clear     none
     01:00    51    41     16   210  (SSW)   1138    clear     none
     02:00    51    40     20   213  (SSW)   1038    clear     none
     03:00    49    40     14   217   (SW)    769    clear     none
     04:00    48    37      8   235   (SW)    856    clear     none
     05:00    49    39      2   243  (WSW)   1013    clear     none
     06:00    48    38     10   262    (W)    972    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