Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20190728
From: trudyk@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2019 11:32:38 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Sunday, July 28, 2019
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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M.Prescott        M.Prescott            DIS            20:40   00:55
C.Kobulnicky      C.Kobulnicky          DIS            --:--   --:--
T.Murphy          R.McMillan            APOLLO         --:--   --:--
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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NM05/R     20:14   01:10    1.0  0    0    0   3.9  0.0   0    0
WY01/R     01:10   05:06    2.3  1.6  0    0   0.0  0.0   0    0
AP01/R     05:06   06:06    0    1.0  0    0   0.0  0.0   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: T.Rudyk
Some afternoon/evening storms which cleared out after sunset. Clouds from another storm front began to move in around 00:00. We closed at 00:55 under threat of rain, and skies that were too cloudy to observe in.
Rain arrive shortly after 3am. Rain continued until 05:00. We all gave up around 4:30, and did not open again.
                    ------- 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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 20:54 dcamera    587( 1350) 166  61  18.7 20.4 20.2 20.3 19.1   -  1.21
 21:46 dcamera    411( 1141)  75  32  18.0 19.3 19.4 18.9 18.2   -  1.44
 22:49 dcamera    430( 1100)  63  44  18.0 18.3 18.7 18.0 18.1   -  1.30
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    66    47      9    85    (E)    297 mstly cldy lt rain
     17:00    65    47     11    92    (E)    310  ptly cldy lt rain
     18:00    64    47      9    83    (E)    226  ptly cldy   none
     19:00    71    44      1   250  (WSW)    229 mstly clr    none
     20:00    68    43      2   228   (SW)    226 mstly clr    none
     21:00    66    44      6   127   (SE)    257    clear     none
     22:00    64    43      4   143   (SE)    301    clear     none
     23:00    65    43      9   145   (SE)    253    clear     none
     00:00    65    43     10   148  (SSE)    285  ptly cldy   none
     01:00    64    43      2   188    (S)    318   cloudy     none
     02:00    60    44     12    86    (E)    280   cloudy     none
     03:00    58    47      6    83    (E)    604   cloudy     rain
     04:00    54    45     15   111  (ESE)    522   cloudy     rain
     05:00    53    30     11    94    (E)    924   cloudy   lt rain
     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