Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20180401
From: cgray@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Mon,  2 Apr 2018 13:15:43 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Sunday, April 01, 2018
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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E.Dahl            E.Dahl, R.Hull        NAIC           22:00   06:29
   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/O     19:32   06:41   1.2  1.3   0    0   0.0  8.5   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: C.Gray
So the night started out totally overcast...neat. And there were radar pings. The radar danger went away and we were able to open at 22:00 but things were just touch and go the whole night through the clouds.  However, around 4am, things started to kinda clear up and we could take some moderate Jupiter data.  Things really cleared before sunrise so we just kept on pushing.  Seeing was variable but we measured around 1" (I don't think it was actually good).
I had an epic April Fool's prank planed for this weekend....and then I got swamped with other works and was not able to finish the project :( :( :(
Needless to say, there will be a random prank day at some point this year.
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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 04:01 naic   305( 1008) -24  37   6.7  6.5  7.2  6.7  6.6   --  1.00
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    57    13     12   253  (WSW)    644   cloudy     none
     17:00    55     9     22   254  (WSW)    604   cloudy     none
     18:00    51     6     20   259    (W)    526   cloudy     none
     19:00    49     4     12   256  (WSW)    602   cloudy     none
     20:00    48     4     17   248  (WSW)    642   cloudy     none
     21:00    48     4     12   262    (W)    606   cloudy     none
     22:00    49     2     14   286  (WNW)    637 mstly cldy   none
     23:00    47     3     12   264    (W)    627 mstly cldy   none
     00:00    47     3     11   270    (W)    694 mstly cldy   none
     01:00    46     6     12   273    (W)    788 mstly cldy   none
     02:00    46     8     14   283  (WNW)    788  ptly cldy   none
     03:00    45     9      8   264    (W)    792  ptly cldy   none
     04:00    45     8     10   269    (W)    775  ptly cldy   none
     05:00    44     8     14   268    (W)    767 mstly cldy   none
     06:00    44     9     14   270    (W)    820    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