Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20181214
From: trudyk@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2018 13:58:35 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Friday, December 14, 2018
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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N.Dello           A.McKay               ECHELLE        17:07   00:08
B.Bolin           B.Bolin               DIS            00:10   05:00
B.Bolin           B.Bolin               ACRTIC         05:10   06:20
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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JH07/R     17:07   00:10    0    0    0    0   0.4  6.6   0    0
UW08/R     00:10   06:49    0    0    0    0   6.6  0.0   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: T.Rudyk
Evening started mostly clear but high thin clouds started rolling in around 4. Clouds continued to get thicker, but with no rain on the radar, we pressed on.  Seeing was excellent, though. Around 21:00 clouds thinned, but did not disappear entirely. It seemed to clear out by 00:00 but seeing declined. It stayed clear and we observed the whole night.
                    ------- 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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 17:28 ecamera    666( -295)  92  69   1.4  3.8  3.1  3.6  1.7   ND5  0.78
 00:15 dcamera    605(  299)  17  80   1.2  0.1  0.6 -0.2  0.0   -  1.39
 02:07 dcamera    784(  531) -138  56   3.3  0.8  1.9  1.2  2.3   -  1.35
 05:23 arctic   795(  696)  20  61   3.1  1.1  1.8  1.1  2.3   sdss_r  0.91
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    35    -4      6   279    (W)    105  ptly cldy   none
     17:00    34    -8      7   344  (NNW)     69  ptly cldy   none
     18:00    35   -10      6   353    (N)     50  ptly cldy   none
     19:00    36    -6      1   166  (SSE)     66  ptly cldy   none
     20:00    35    -9      5   278    (W)     58  ptly cldy   none
     21:00    35    -9      4   298  (WNW)     67 mstly clr    none
     22:00    35   -10      5   355    (N)     80 mstly clr    none
     23:00    34   -10      5   357    (N)     46 mstly clr    none
     00:00    33   -11      6   322   (NW)     61    clear     none
     01:00    34    -8      8   349    (N)     46    clear     none
     02:00    38    -6      2   245  (WSW)     52    clear     none
     03:00    35   -10      2   268    (W)     48    clear     none
     04:00    34   -10      2   236   (SW)     51    clear     none
     05:00    37    -7      9   231   (SW)     28    clear     none
     06:00    37    -8      4   193  (SSW)     23    clear     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