Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20181219
From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2018 14:09:37 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Wednesday, December 19, 2018
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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B.Benjamin        A.Aarnio              Echelle        17:09   19:25
T.Murphy          R.McMillan            APOLLO         --:--   --:--
B.Bolin           B.Bolin               NICFPS         01:40   05:15
B.Bolin           B.Bolin               ARCTIC         05:15   06:49
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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CU04/R     17:09   23:10    0   3.7   0    0   0.0  2.3   0    0
AP01/R     23:10   00:10    0   1.0   0    0   0.0  0.0   0    0
UW04/R     00:10   06:52    0    0    0    0   2.2  4.5   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky
Closed due to wind at 19:25, we re-opened at 01:35
04:51 NICFPS readout when to a black and white pattern.  I quickly reset camera and only about 1 min was lost and we were back in buisness.
Same issue at 05:10, same fix.
                    ------- 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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 17:27 ecamera    796( -269) 132  34   1.4  1.2  1.6  1.4  1.4   ND3  1.75
 01:48 NICFPS     733(  935) -32  52   1.1 -0.1  0.3  0.1  1.1   Ks  1.20
 05:31 arctic   760(  546) 117  45  -1.8 -1.5 -1.1 -1.9 -2.1   sdss_r  1.40
 05:32 NA2gdr     1(37001) 117  45  -1.6 -1.5 -1.1 -1.9 -2.1   R  1.66
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    35    16      5   115  (ESE)    376    clear     none
     17:00    35    14     11   359    (N)    467    clear     none
     18:00    35    10     14   349    (N)    305    clear     none
     19:00    34     7     26    29  (NNE)    382    clear     none
     20:00    34     5     17    16  (NNE)    450    clear     none
     21:00    33     5     13    24  (NNE)    189    clear     none
     22:00    32     6     32    15  (NNE)    163    clear     none
     23:00    31     7     27    14  (NNE)    143    clear     none
     00:00    34     6     14     8    (N)     98    clear     none
     01:00    34     2     16    17  (NNE)     79    clear     none
     02:00    34     1     20    28  (NNE)     69    clear     none
     03:00    33     1      1   333  (NNW)     99    clear     none
     04:00    31     4      1   231   (SW)    111    clear     none
     05:00    30     3      9   345  (NNW)    106    clear     none
     06:00    29     3     13    14  (NNE)    132    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