Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20170705
From: trudyk@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Thu,  6 Jul 2017 11:41:20 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Wednesday, July 05, 2017
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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J.Turner          J.Turner              ARCTIC         20:24   01:04
B.Ketzeback       T.Rudyk               ARCTIC         01:04   05:00
   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     20:24   01:10    0    0    0    0   0.0  4.8   0    0
EN01/W     01:10   05:52    0    0    0    0   1.6  3.1   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: T.Rudyk
Afternoon thunderstorms gave way to clearing skies by sunset. First program went off without a hitch (aside from the planned network outage).  Clear skies, good seeing.  For engineering, we attempted to take fringing flats while the skies were photometric. Unfortunately, after taking cals and finding a sufficiently sparse field, clouds began to spontaneously form over the observatory.  We played dodge-cloud for a few hours.  It was finally getting too cloudy and bright, so called it a night. Hopefully the flats will be of sufficient quality to be usable.  We were open all night.
                    ------- 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 arctic   677( 1362) 216  76  15.5 16.5 16.7 16.5 16.5   J-C B  1.09
 01:47 arctic   615( 1250) 222  41  16.3 15.1 15.7 15.2 15.4   J-C I  0.96
          ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    59    38      4   305   (NW)    780   cloudy     rain
     17:00    63    42      6    96    (E)    900   cloudy     none
     18:00    63    42     12    92    (E)    993   cloudy     none
     19:00    64    41     10   103  (ESE)    802  ptly cldy   none
     20:00    62    40     11   113  (ESE)    958 mstly clr    none
     21:00    60    41     16    82    (E)    977 mstly clr    none
     22:00    60    45     14    86    (E)   1012 mstly clr    none
     23:00    60    46      9    99    (E)   1025 mstly clr    none
     00:00    59    46     10    88    (E)    952    clear     none
     01:00    59    45      7    90    (E)    917    clear     none
     02:00    60    44     13    60  (ENE)    925    clear     none
     03:00    57    42      4     2    (N)    902 mstly clr    none
     04:00    60    40      9    24  (NNE)    849 mstly clr    none
     05:00    60    41     11    36   (NE)    917  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