Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20180106
From: mcmillan@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Sun,  7 Jan 2018 12:49:59 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Saturday, January 06, 2018
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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K.Allers          K.Allers              TripleSpec     17:40   20:00
D.Chojnowski      D.Chojnowski          ECHELLE        --:--   --:--
C.Huang           C.Huang               TSPEC          --:--   --:--
T.Murphy          R.McMillan            APOLLO         --:--   --:--
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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NA01/R     17:21   23:40   2.6  1.1   0    0   2.6  0.0   0    0
NM04/R     23:40   00:10    0   0.5   0    0   0.0  0.0   0    0
JH01/R     00:10   05:58    0   5.8   0    0   0.0  0.0   0    0
AP01/R     05:58   06:58    0   1.0   0    0   0.0  0.0   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: R.McMillan
We had widespread clouds at the start of the night, somewhat thin initially but then they just got worse.  Some radar echoes showed up and I wasn't sure if they were believable but there was not much incentive to stay open looking at clouds, so I closed.  And then the clouds got more worse, and then it started snowing (just a bit, and melting on the ground).  There's some possibility of more during the day, so even though it will probably melt by itself I parked the telescope facing south.
                    ------- 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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 17:59 tcamera    482(  807)  -7  39   4.6  8.0  7.9  8.3  5.7   Ks  1.40
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    45    15      8   261    (W)    299  ptly cldy   none
     17:00    43    10     11   278    (W)    183  ptly cldy   none
     18:00    40    12     11   258  (WSW)    292  ptly cldy   none
     19:00    41    11     17   264    (W)    306 mstly cldy   none
     20:00    40    15     19   278    (W)    328 mstly cldy   none
     21:00    41    13     15   267    (W)    301 mstly cldy   none
     22:00    41     9     15   261    (W)    309   cloudy     none
     23:00    41    11     16   264    (W)    335   cloudy     none
     00:00    41    11     16   268    (W)    304   cloudy     none
     01:00    40    15     15   261    (W)    456   cloudy     none
     02:00    40    15     11   250  (WSW)    432   cloudy   lt snow
     03:00    39    14     14   250  (WSW)    364   cloudy   lt snow
     04:00    40    10     11   263    (W)    299   cloudy   lt snow
     05:00    39    12     13   263    (W)    268   cloudy     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: 1.2.4
    Current TUI version: 2.6.0