Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20180918
From: cgray@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2018 10:51:36 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Tuesday, September 18, 2018
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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C.Kobulnicky      W.Chick, C.Kobulnicky DIS            --:--   --:--
B.Bolin           B.Bolin               ARCTIC         --:--   --:--
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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WY02/R     19:14   01:10   0.0  5.9   0    0    0    0   0    0
UW08/R     01:10   06:41   4.8  0.7   0    0    0    0   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: C.Gray
Arctic failed to home the first time but was good the second time
Rain started around 17:00 and was on and off and then pretty hard on around 19:00. Once it stopped the humidity spiked and we had fog. I'm sure it will be beautiful at sunrise! But no one was able to get any photons and we called it near 5am.
No problems tonight
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My Summer Vacation (as told through song) by Dr. C.L. Gray
The night is mine
Gonna tell you right
Don’t want my face
In broad daylight
I'm telling you
On how I feel
Sunlight ain’t kind
It shoots to kill
Come on
Come on
Keep it off me
All right
I went and flew
from sea to sea
To prove my stuff
In Hawaii
The earthquake blew
Japan went south
No conference dame
So sad right now
Well they say the sky's the limit
And to me that's really true
But my friend I done see nothin'
No Fuji pics for you
And now I'm BACK, I'm back come on
You know I'm back, I'm back come on, you know
You know I'm back, I'm back come on, you know
And the whole staff has to
suffer right now
Just to deal with me again
Who's back :D
The word is out
Sunspot what’s wrong?
Done (Dunn) locked you up
But not too long
The FBI
Gonna tell us right
So listen up
Noth’ but a fright
But some don’t keep
To newsman’s plan
To Fox Mulder
It’s aliens
But they say the sky's the limit
And to me that's really true
But my friends you won’t seen nothin'
Just come on let me through
Because I’m BACK, I’m back come on
You know I’m back, I’m back come on, you know
You know I’m back, I’m back come on, you know
And I don’t have to
answer right now
Gonna tell you once again
Get back
We might see the sky tomorrow
We could view a planet face
Though by what the weather’s saying’
We’d have to go to space
Because rain’s BACK, it’s back come on
You know rain’s back, it’s back come on, you know
You know rain’s back, it’s back come on, you know
And the whole night has to
stuffer right now
Just to deal with rain again
Fog’s back
And I'm BACK, I'm back come on
You know I'm back, I'm back come on, you know
You know I'm back, I'm back come on, you know
And the whole staff has to
suffer right now
Just to deal with me again
Who's back
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PROG   INST   FAILURE MODE     TIME
    (SEDFNVOG)   TI/SHU    START  FINISH  DESCRIPTION
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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    71    52     12   205  (SSW)    146 mstly cldy   none
     17:00    66    51      7   205  (SSW)    192 mstly cldy   rain
     18:00    63    50      6   270    (W)    211 mstly cldy   rain
     19:00    57    50      1   196  (SSW)    252 mstly cldy   rain
     20:00    58    51     15   151  (SSE)    146 mstly cldy   rain
     21:00    57    52     19   127   (SE)        mstly clr   humid
     22:00    55    54     21   122  (ESE)          cloudy     fog
     23:00    55    53     16   122  (ESE)          cloudy     fog
     00:00    54    53     13   119  (ESE)          cloudy     fog
     01:00    54    53     15   125   (SE)          cloudy     fog
     02:00    53    53      6   108  (ESE)          cloudy     fog
     03:00    53    53     11   177    (S)          cloudy     fog
     04:00    53    53      8   174    (S)          cloudy     fog
     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