Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20181123
From: cgray@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2018 13:54:02 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Friday, November 23, 2018
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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D.Chojnowski      D.Chojnowski          ECHELLE        17:02   18:07
R.Wyse            K.Hawkins             ECHELLE        18:07   00:04
N.Reynolds        N.Reynolds            Tspec          00:11   02:37
C.Gray            C.Gray                Echelle        05:12   06:38
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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NM01/R     17:07   18:07    0    0    0    0   0.6  0.4   0    0
JH03/R     18:07   00:10    0    0    0    0   0.0  6.1   0    0
OU05/R     00:10   05:12    0   2.6   0    0   0.0  2.4   0    0
NM03/O/D   05:12   06:33    0    0    0    0   1.4  0.0   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: C.Gray
The night started out partly cloudy, though seeing was rather good! The clouds started getting thicker after midnight and OU05 couldn't see their targets after about 2:30am and they stopped, hoping it would get better.  Unfortunately, it didn’t improve for Tspec and OU05 gave up when their targets were too low.
However, while things were still cloudy, we could see Venus…with the echelle. I took the chance to grab a few spectra through the clouds after 5am.
Tonight was our first night with the NMSU trainee, David DeColibus! Nothing was broken, dropped, rained on, or engulfed in flames.  So all in all, a good day of training!
No problems tonight.
                    ------- 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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 17:10 ecamera    791( -169) 249  75   2.7  3.9  3.7  3.8  2.9   ND2  1.00
 19:49 ecamera    671( -385)  11  56   3.0  1.8  2.7  2.1  2.6   clear  1.01
 22:56 ecamera    687( -365)  14  46   2.9  1.7  2.6  2.1  2.6   clear  0.97
 00:19 tcamera    885(  887) -79  73   3.1  2.2  3.0  2.7  3.2   Ks  0.96
 05:13 ecamera    736( -304) 118  69   3.6  2.2  3.2  2.8  3.1   ND1  0.92
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    38     8      7   344  (NNW)     84  ptly cldy   none
     17:00    37     6     11   337  (NNW)     55  ptly cldy   none
     18:00    36     7     15   328  (NNW)    101  ptly cldy   none
     19:00    35    11     11   313   (NW)    118  ptly cldy   none
     20:00    36     6     14   303  (WNW)     70  ptly cldy   none
     21:00    37     4     12   271    (W)    148  ptly cldy   none
     22:00    36     6     12   282  (WNW)    132  ptly cldy   none
     23:00    37     7     21   303  (WNW)    114  ptly cldy   none
     00:00    37     4     14   279    (W)     82  ptly cldy   none
     01:00    38     8     13   295  (WNW)    126 mstly cldy   none
     02:00    37     9     15   316   (NW)    141 mstly cldy   none
     03:00    39    13     12   328  (NNW)     59 mstly cldy   none
     04:00    39    12     20   311   (NW)     81 mstly cldy   none
     05:00    39    11     17   302  (WNW)     60  ptly cldy   none
     06:00    38    12     15   323   (NW)     72  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