Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20180629
From: cgray@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2018 11:32:26 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Friday, June 29, 2018
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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C.Sakari          C.Sakari              ECHELLE        --:--   --:--
T.Murphy          R.McMillan            APOLLO         --:--   --:--
Y.Zhu             D.Ren, X.Zhang        PAO            03:10   03:40
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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UW11/R     20:24   00:10   1.0  2.7   0    0    0    0    0    0
AP01/R     00:10   01:10   0.0  1.0   0    0    0    0    0    0
DD01/O     01:10   05:50    0   4.2   0    0   0.0  0.5   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: C.Gray
RAIN!  FINALLY, SWEET, COOL RAIN!! Yes we were clouded out basically all night, but at least we weren't clouded out without any hope of rain. Lighting struck a few hundred feet from my car while I was driving up to site which was mind blowing but, looking back, it probably would have been wise to roll up my windows to deter against any potential arcing.
The APO PAO team got to see some laser tag against the dome door (I secretly wondered how bright the laser light was as viewed from outside looking through the louvers).  They even got some time on sky!  I believe all of two targets were integrated before we had to close again but I got some good experience running the guider for the PAO. Lesson of the night: 50/50 change of moving in the correct offset direction really means being wrong 100% of the time for the first offset. It'll be better tomorrow... I have no idea what the seeing was given that I was looking at very white donuts.
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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               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    63    41      3   100    (E)   1864   cloudy     rain
     17:00    57    45     18    74  (ENE)   1535   cloudy     rain
     18:00    59    43     10    79    (E)   1394   cloudy     rain
     19:00    54    44     21    37   (NE)   1581   cloudy     rain
     20:00    57    41     11    89    (E)   1882   cloudy     rain
     21:00    59    38      8   114  (ESE)   1258   cloudy   lt rain
     22:00    58    40      2   166  (SSE)   1433   cloudy   lt rain
     23:00    57    42     13   191    (S)   1352   cloudy   lt rain
     00:00    55    43      4   213  (SSW)   1320   cloudy   lt rain
     01:00    55    41      3     6    (N)   1720   cloudy     none
     02:00    57    39     10   322   (NW)   1155   cloudy     none
     03:00    56    39     12   318   (NW)   1308 mstly cldy   none
     04:00    56    39      8   348  (NNW)    993   cloudy     none
     05:00    57    38      5   350    (N)   1078   cloudy     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