Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20180412
From: trudyk@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2018 11:33:09 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Thursday, April 12, 2018
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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J.Wisniewski      J.Wisniewski          ARCTIC         --:--   --:--
W.Peters          W.Peters              DIS            --:--   --:--
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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OU03/R     19:40   01:10    5.5  0    0    0   0.0  0.0   0    0
GS02/R     01:10   06:28    4.2  1.1  0    0   0.0  0.0   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: T.Rudyk
Evening started with high winds and rising dust. Wind was too high to safely perform slew tests during checkout. Winds worsened as the night progressed. By 23:00 gusts were just shy of 60mph.
Winds died down starting around 03:00, but the dust counts remianed very high.
We did not open 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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               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    59    14     23   262    (W)   5404    clear     none
     17:00    58    18     28   261    (W)   8054  ptly cldy   dust
     18:00    55    20     37   253  (WSW)   6671 mstly cldy   dust
     19:00    56    18     42   258  (WSW)   7545 mstly cldy   dust
     20:00    53    14     39   251  (WSW)  10728  ptly cldy   dust
     21:00    52    15     30   251  (WSW)   7271  ptly cldy   dust
     22:00    50    17     39   255  (WSW)   5265  ptly cldy   dust
     23:00    49    18     36   261    (W)   6006  ptly cldy   dust
     00:00    47    22     39   253  (WSW)   7377  ptly cldy   dust
     01:00    45    15     39   244  (WSW)   5020  ptly cldy   dust
     02:00    41    10     29   267    (W)  26163  ptly cldy   dust
     03:00    37     3     20   259    (W)  25733  ptly cldy   dust
     04:00    35     4     42   286  (WNW)  26094  ptly cldy   dust
     05:00    33     6     30   275    (W)  15643  ptly cldy   dust
     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