Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20180107
From: mcmillan@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Mon,  8 Jan 2018 13:47:24 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Sunday, January 07, 2018
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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N.DelloRusso      A.McKay               ECHELLE        17:25   00:08
R.Wyse            K.Hawkins             ECHELLE        00:09   06:15
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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JH06/R     17:22   00:10    0    0   0.3   0   5.9  0.6   0    0
JH03/R     00:10   06:58    0    0    0    0   0.0  6.8   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: R.McMillan
We had several waves of thin clouds during the night, but never enough to prevent observations.  Seeing was poor at the beginning of the night but improved later on (I'm not sure exactly when, since the targets during the first half of the night were cometary).  There was a bit of time lost at the start of the night when the echelle started giving all-zero images, despite being fine at checkout.  I restarted the ICC program and the instrument returned to normal.  Aside from that, it was a peaceful and productive night.
It's hard to be sure on fainter targets, but I think the echelle slitviewer's shutter worked all night.  That was a nice change.
                    ------- FAILURE LOG -------
PROG   INST   FAILURE MODE     TIME
    (SEDFNVOG)   TI/SHU    START  FINISH  DESCRIPTION
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JH06    E        I/S      00:34   00:52  Ech imgs all zeroes, ICC restart
            ---------------- FOCUS LOG ---------------
Time  Instrument  Focus     Az  El  Temp Strc Prim  Sec  Air  filt  FWHM
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 17:34 ecamera    199( -761) 108  44   0.6  3.5  3.9  4.7  1.5   ND2  2.31
 00:15 ecamera    373( -697)  67  55   2.9  1.5  2.1  1.7  2.1   ND  0.94
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    37    21     13   351    (N)    190    clear     none
     17:00    34    19      8   352    (N)    175    clear     none
     18:00    33    20     19    24  (NNE)    170    clear     none
     19:00    35     8     17    12  (NNE)    120    clear     none
     20:00    36    14     20     8    (N)    107 mstly clr    none
     21:00    37     8     18    12  (NNE)     96 mstly clr    none
     22:00    36    12     16     7    (N)     98 mstly clr    none
     23:00    35    16     24    26  (NNE)    158  ptly cldy   none
     00:00    35    12     10   357    (N)     77  ptly cldy   none
     01:00    37    17     14     2    (N)    133 mstly clr    none
     02:00    37    16     14     4    (N)    107 mstly clr    none
     03:00    39     6      9     1    (N)     68 mstly clr    none
     04:00    36    14      8   357    (N)    107    clear     none
     05:00    36    16     11     3    (N)    106    clear     none
     06:00    37    15     11     1    (N)    112 mstly clr    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