Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20181029
From: cgray@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2018 13:26:33 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Monday, October 29, 2018
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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Y.Zhu             D.Ren, X.Zhang        PAO            18:24   05:11
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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NI01/R     18:24   07:11    0  2.0    0    0   4.3  6.5   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: C.Gray
The last night for PAO.  They had really good run!  Things are starting to run much more smoothly even if the sky wasn't.  We had clouds all night and variable seeing from excellent to poor.  Things were just too thick at the low altitude of the targets so we closed up shop around 5am.
The moths are starting to come back.  On more than one occasion they crawled into on of the visitors shirts.  Please tell me the season is coming to an end.  I expected some sort of motion moth error but, thankfully, we never experienced one.
No problems tonight.  And happy Halloween everyone!!
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It's after midnight
Something evil's lurking in the dark
Under the moonlight
You see a sight that almost stops your heart
You try to scream
But terror takes the sound before you make it
You start to freeze
As horror looks you right between your eyes
You're paralyzed
'Cause this is miller
miller night
And no one’s gonna save you
>From the moths about to strike
You know it's miller
Miller night
You're fighting for your life
Inside a killer miller moth night, yeah
I'm gonna bring it tonight
You hear the dome slam
And realize there's nowhere left to run
You feel the wing bands
And prayin' that the seasons up and done
You close your eyes
And hope that this is just imagination
Girl but all the while
You hear a creature flying up behind
You're out of time
'Cause this is miller
Miller night
And no one’s gonna save you
>From the moths about to strike
You know it's miller
Miller night
You're fighting for your life
Inside a killer miller tonight
Ahahahahahahahaha
I'm gonna thrill ya tonight
Get up, get up
Dust mess falls across my stand
The Miller is about to land
The moth thing hovers, I bat my hand
Creatures fly in search of blood
To terrorize y'all's it's no good
And warmth where ever shall be found
Within this coat it's now moth down
We stand and face the moths of hell
They rot inside the motor cells
They're gonna mill ya tonight
They're gonna mill ya tonight
Ooh, babe
They're gonna mill ya tonight
'Cause this is miller
'Cause this is thriller
'Cause this is miller
'Cause this is thriller
                    ------- 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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 18:51 pao   210( -885) 124  61   9.6  9.9 10.2  9.6  9.4   --  1.05
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    53    29     13   269    (W)     42   cloudy     none
     17:00    50    32     11   287  (WNW)     47   cloudy     none
     18:00    50    33      9   269    (W)     34   cloudy     none
     19:00    49    33     10   263    (W)     49   cloudy     none
     20:00    49    33     15   252  (WSW)     50 mstly cldy   none
     21:00    48    31     17   246  (WSW)     38 mstly cldy   none
     22:00    48    28     12   263    (W)     33 mstly cldy   none
     23:00    47    27     13   266    (W)     21 mstly cldy   none
     00:00    47    29     13   272    (W)     28  ptly cldy   none
     01:00    47    29     15   282  (WNW)     32  ptly cldy   none
     02:00    46    29     16   271    (W)     50  ptly cldy   none
     03:00    45    31     12   271    (W)     41  ptly cldy   none
     04:00    45    30     15   281    (W)     51  ptly cldy   none
     05:00    45    30     12   277    (W)     37  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: 1.2.4
    Current TUI version: 2.6.0