Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20170525
From: cgray@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Fri, 26 May 2017 11:59:20 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Thursday, May 25, 2017
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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D.York            D.York                DIS            23:11   01:07
M.Hammergren      K.Nault               ARCTIC         01:17   03:10
C.Gray            C.Gray                ECHELLE        03:10   05:45
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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DD04/R     20:11   01:10   3.0   0    0    0   2.0  0.0   0    0
AD02/R     01:10   03:10    0    0    0    0   2.0  0.0   0    0
NM03/R     03:10   05:49    0    0    0    0   2.6  0.0   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: C.Gray
Everything seemed to cooperate tonight...except the weather.  We had high winds, dust, and clouds for most of A half, though we were able to open around 23:00 and punched through the clouds.  Things seemed to improve with AD02 but then turned terrible for NM03.
The echelle IOL seems to be steady in the red but is declining in the blue.
                    ------- 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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 22:10 dcamera    495(  919) 105  71  13.5 14.3 15.2 14.1 13.8   --  1.33
 00:29 arctic   680( 1168) 279  57  12.2 12.5 13.1 12.6 12.5   sdss-r  1.13
 02:56 ecamera    480(  -82) -112  80  11.8 11.7 12.2 11.9 11.8   Clear  1.12
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    63    18     32   245  (WSW)    797 mstly cldy   none
     17:00    62    18     26   261    (W)    870 mstly cldy   none
     18:00    63    18     35   252  (WSW)    995 mstly cldy   none
     19:00    62    17     33   251  (WSW)   1469 mstly cldy   none
     20:00    59    14     33   263    (W)   1666   cloudy     none
     21:00    58    12     17   267    (W)   7274   cloudy     none
     22:00    57    12     28   275    (W)   4481   cloudy     none
     23:00    56    12     22   283  (WNW)   3453 mstly cldy   none
     00:00    56    11     17   274    (W)   2508  ptly cldy   none
     01:00    54    11     14   265    (W)   1519 mstly clr    none
     02:00    54    12     17   270    (W)   1702  ptly cldy   none
     03:00    53    12     16   288  (WNW)   1504 mstly cldy   none
     04:00    53    13     18   291  (WNW)    842   cloudy     none
     05:00    52    18     12   264    (W)    944  ptly cldy   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