Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20181010
From: trudyk@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2018 12:01:37 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Wednesday, October 10, 2018
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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A.Kowalski        A.Kowalski            ARCTIC         18:45   23:04
G.Stringfellow    G.Stringfellow        TripleSpec     23:18   01:00
M.Prescott        M.Prescott            DIS            01:10   05:30
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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CU01/R     18:45   23:10    0    0    0    0   3.1  1.4   0    0
CU07/R     23:10   01:10    0    0    0    0   2.0  0.0   0    0
NM04/R     01:10   06:56    1.4  0    0    0   4.4  0.0   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: T.Rudyk
Evening started out clear with good seeing.  Around midnight, the seeing degraded.  Clouds began to roll in around 4:00. We gave up observing around 5:30 as the clouds got too thick.
                    ------- 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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 19:09 arctic   833( 1068)  52  64   5.7  7.6  7.4  7.2  5.9   J-C_V  0.80
 23:44 tcamera    815(  971) 241  50   5.6  4.9  5.4  4.9  5.2  Ks  0.81
 01:21 dcamera    655(  648) 135  48   6.6  5.6  6.1  5.8  6.2   -  1.65
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    48    26     18   256  (WSW)    185    clear     none
     17:00    47    25     14   265    (W)    168    clear     none
     18:00    46    31     18   238  (WSW)    272    clear     none
     19:00    42    30     14   231   (SW)    357    clear     none
     20:00    42    30     13   226   (SW)    410    clear     none
     21:00    42    30     13   211  (SSW)    438    clear     none
     22:00    42    30     13   201  (SSW)    374    clear     none
     23:00    42    31     11   195  (SSW)    438    clear     none
     00:00    43    31     14   208  (SSW)    396    clear     none
     01:00    44    29     15   280    (W)    359    clear     none
     02:00    43    30     11   273    (W)        mstly clr    none
     03:00    43    30     10   217   (SW)        mstly clr    none
     04:00    43    32     13   196  (SSW)        mstly cldy   none
     05:00    44    31     13   201  (SSW)        mstly cldy   none
     06:00    43    30     16   188    (S)        mstly 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: 1.2.4
    Current TUI version: 2.6.0