Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20170701
From: cgray@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Sun,  2 Jul 2017 12:30:36 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Saturday, July 01, 2017
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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K.Schlaufman      K.Schlaufman          ECHELLE        21:45   01:06
J.Lomax           J.Lomax               NIC-FPS        01:17   04:17
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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JH02/R     20:24   01:10    0    0    0    0   0.0  4.8   0    0
UW04/R     01:10   05:51   1.7   0    0    0   2.3  0.7   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: C.Gray
We were dealt a full house tonight. The night started clear and full of hope.  We had good seeing for several hours but deuces were wild. We drew dust, wind, (producing awful seeing), clouds, a moment of clarity!, and then clouds and rain that came up fast.  All bets were off at that point and we lost the remainder of the night.
Kevin Schlaufman conducted his first night of training and is already a pro.
After I closed up for the night and changed NICDPS to DIS, the counter weight, while still spinning, stopped adjusting the weight such that the counter was not spinning.  A problem report was sent.
                    ------- 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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 20:50 dcamera    273(  977) -104  46  16.5 19.4 20.0 19.4 17.9   --  1.55
 22:04 dcamera    452( 1007) -144  57  15.9 16.7 17.5 16.4 16.1   --  3.30
 22:46 dcamera    519( 1021) -118  59  14.5 15.6 16.6 15.5 15.1   --  2.77
 00:36 NICFPS     564( 1528) -16  39  15.3 14.7 15.2 14.7 14.8   MK-H  1.44
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    74    41     13   192  (SSW)   1626  ptly cldy   none
     17:00    72    44     14   188    (S)   1812  ptly cldy   none
     18:00    74    41     13   224   (SW)   1612  ptly cldy   none
     19:00    69    44      8   199  (SSW)   1961  ptly cldy   none
     20:00    66    47     12   196  (SSW)   2469  ptly cldy   none
     21:00    64    45     13   167  (SSE)   2440 mstly clr    dust
     22:00    61    48     23   141   (SE)   3682  ptly cldy   none
     23:00    61    46     30   142   (SE)   2118    clear     none
     00:00    58    43     14   201  (SSW)   1377    clear     none
     01:00    58    40     22   153  (SSE)    727    clear     none
     02:00    60    37     23   165  (SSE)    579    clear     none
     03:00    60    41     17   174    (S)   1034 mstly clr    none
     04:00    60    41     14   182    (S)   1018   cloudy   lt rain
     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