Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20180406
From: mcmillan@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Sat,  7 Apr 2018 13:15:35 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Friday, April 06, 2018
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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J.Tobin           J.Tobin+students      TSPEC          19:50   01:04
K.Kinemuchi       K.Kinemuchi           ECHELLE        01:09   05:30
T.Murphy          R.McMillan            APOLLO         05:35   06:30
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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OU01/O     19:35   01:10    0    0    0    0   5.6  0.0   0    0
NM10/R     01:10   05:35    0    0    0    0   0.2  4.2   0    0
AP01/R     05:35   06:35    0    0    0    0   0.0  1.0   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: R.McMillan
Another night of high clouds, but this time they were thinner than last night., particularly during second half.  We were able to observe 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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 23:36 NICFPS     569( 1248) -121  55   9.2  9.3  9.9  9.3  9.3   J  0.73
 01:25 ecamera    403( -294) 130  29   8.4  8.4  9.1  8.4  8.2   Clear  1.44
 05:38 APOLLO     350( 1328)  20  28   7.0  6.9  7.5  6.9  6.9   530  1.40
              ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    54    18     12   251  (WSW)   1129 mstly cldy   none
     17:00    53    17     18   292  (WNW)   1083 mstly cldy   none
     18:00    54    18     16   240  (WSW)   1163 mstly cldy   none
     19:00    53    18     13   224   (SW)   1505  ptly cldy   none
     20:00    51    18     20   244  (WSW)   1578  ptly cldy   none
     21:00    51    18     18   262    (W)   1257  ptly cldy   none
     22:00    50    18     17   249  (WSW)   1152  ptly cldy   none
     23:00    50    20     15   264    (W)   1274  ptly cldy   none
     00:00    48    20     17   263    (W)   1266 mstly clr    none
     01:00    48    21     11   263    (W)   1364 mstly clr    none
     02:00    47    22     13   269    (W)   1315 mstly clr    none
     03:00    47    23     18   291  (WNW)   1584 mstly clr    none
     04:00    46    23     11   280    (W)   1262 mstly clr    none
     05:00    46    23     13   280    (W)   1210 mstly clr    none
     06:00    44    24     15   294  (WNW)   1193 mstly clr    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