Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20190114
From: trudyk@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2019 14:12:33 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Monday, January 14, 2019
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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T.Murphy          R.McMillan            APOLLO         17:23   17:46
D.Gies            K.Lester              ECHELLE        17:49   00:00
J.Bally           J.Bally               ECHELLE        00:00   02:10
J.Bally           J.Bally               NICFPS         02:15   06:45
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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AP01/R     17:28   18:28    0    0    0    0   0.0  0.6   0    0
GS01/R     18:28   00:10    0    0    0    0   0.0  6.1   0    0
CU05/R     00:10   06:57    0    0    0    0   5.6  1.1   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: T.Rudyk
Evening started with semi-transparent clouds. With no rain on the radar, we were able to open right away. Apollo had some laser problems, so time was ceeded to GS01. Seeing was good, but declined around midnight. The clouds became very thick around them as well. They did not start to thin out until 04:00. Even then observing was a challenge, though it grew clear by dawn. We were open all 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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 17:27 APOLLO     750( 1560)  63  72   1.4  4.2  3.4  4.3  2.4   530  1.20
 17:54 ecamera    670( -309)   8  63   1.4  3.4  3.0  3.2  1.9   ND3  1.22
 19:57 ecamera    683( -406) -66  69   1.7  1.3  1.8  1.4  1.5   ND2  0.79
 23:53 ecamera    697( -362) 154  48   2.6  1.6  2.4  2.1  2.4   clear  1.41
 02:29 NICFPS     786( 1077) 265  57   2.0  1.7  2.5  2.2  2.1   MK-Ks  0.94
            ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    38    14      6   248  (WSW)     69  ptly cldy   none
     17:00    35    12      7   223   (SW)     78  ptly cldy   none
     18:00    34     7      5   195  (SSW)     59  ptly cldy   none
     19:00    34    10      5   206  (SSW)     47  ptly cldy   none
     20:00    35     3      5   263    (W)     46  ptly cldy   none
     21:00    37    -4     11   272    (W)     32  ptly cldy   none
     22:00    37    -5      7   270    (W)     31  ptly cldy   none
     23:00    37     1     12   272    (W)     42  ptly cldy   none
     00:00    37     9     10   262    (W)     45   cloudy     none
     01:00    36     8      9   250  (WSW)     58   cloudy     none
     02:00    37    14     11   254  (WSW)     93   cloudy     none
     03:00    36    13     12   261    (W)     93   cloudy     none
     04:00    34     3     12   258  (WSW)     45 mstly cldy   none
     05:00    34     8     14   263    (W)     48  ptly cldy   none
     06:00    33     9     11   266    (W)    103 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