Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20190423
From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2019 12:42:04 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Tuesday, April 23, 2019
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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B.Bolin           B.Bolin               ARCTIC         --:--   --:--
N.Schneider       C.Schmidt             ECHELLE        03:10   06:20
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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UW08/R     19:48   01:10    0    0    0    0   4.3  1.0   0    0
CU01/R     01:10   06:15    0   2.0   0    0   0.0  3.1   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky
We fought clouds and rain for the first part of the night.  We finally got on sky around 03:10, still fought clouds but the precipitation now appeared to be to our east.
                    ------- 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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 03:12 dcamera    175(  243)  29  45   3.3  5.0  7.5  4.5  3.8   ND3  2.35
 03:22 ecamera    186( -613)  26  46   2.8  4.7  6.8  4.2  3.2   ND3  1.92
 05:34 ecamera    438( -484) -13  40   2.6  2.2  3.3  2.3  2.3   ND2  1.28
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    42    34     19    78  (ENE)    258 mstly cldy   none
     17:00    43    32     16    83    (E)    272 mstly cldy   none
     18:00    43    32      8    89    (E)    377   cloudy   lt rain
     19:00    40    34     13    89    (E)          cloudy     none
     20:00    42    23     11   250  (WSW)    250   cloudy     none
     21:00    40    26      1   244  (WSW)    289   cloudy    humid
     22:00    36    32     11   339  (NNW)          cloudy     none
     23:00    37    32     12   335  (NNW)          cloudy     none
     00:00    35    32     10   272    (W)          cloudy     none
     01:00    39    26     13   281    (W)        mstly cldy   none
     02:00    40    24     10   303  (WNW)    314  ptly cldy   none
     03:00    39    25      4   259    (W)    208 mstly clr    none
     04:00    36    27      1   242  (WSW)    220 mstly cldy   none
     05:00    36    27      2   354    (N)    232 mstly cldy   none
     06:00    36    28      3   360    (N)    252  ptly cldy   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