Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20190515
From: mcmillan@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Thu, 16 May 2019 11:08:09 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Wednesday, May 15, 2019
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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M.Klaene          R.McMillan            ecam           20:00   00:50
M.Klaene          B.Ketzeback           gcam           01:00   05:00
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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EN01/W     20:04   01:10    0    0    0    0   0.0  5.1   0    0
EN01/W     01:10   05:55    0    0    0    0   1.0  3.7   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: R.McMillan
The sky was mostly clear tonight, but seeing varied with shifts in wind direction.  The new echelle slitviewer is installed and ready for use, and the azimuth drive disk was leveled to improve pointing.
                    ------- 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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 20:27 ecamera    601(  379)  41  68  13.6 16.2 15.8 16.8 14.3   ND1  0.77
 20:41 ecamera    557(  309)  33  70  13.1 15.8 15.6 15.4 13.9   ND1  0.79
 22:55 ecamera    424(   36) 250  58  11.6 12.9 13.5 12.6 11.8   ND2  1.15
 04:15 ecamera    549(   48)  14  78  11.1 10.9 11.4 11.0 11.1   ND2  1.33
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    66    29     14   201  (SSW)    594 mstly clr    none
     17:00    65    26     18   233   (SW)    552 mstly clr    none
     18:00    63    22     12   257  (WSW)    567 mstly clr    none
     19:00    60    24      6   243  (WSW)    606  ptly cldy   none
     20:00    57    22      7   263    (W)    698    clear     none
     21:00    57    21      6   217   (SW)    604 mstly clr    none
     22:00    57    22      7   190    (S)    660    clear     none
     23:00    53    29     18   128   (SE)    667    clear     none
     00:00    52    29     15   127   (SE)    659 mstly clr    none
     01:00    53    27     14   133   (SE)    668 mstly clr    none
     02:00    52    27     13   142   (SE)    598  ptly cldy   none
     03:00    52    26     20   147  (SSE)    628  ptly cldy   none
     04:00    53    26     18   148  (SSE)    612 mstly clr    none
     05:00    52    27     17   161  (SSE)    546 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