Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20201228
From: trudyk@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2020 13:46:07 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Monday, December 28, 2020
PROG  PI ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)
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NM01  D.DeColibus       D.DeColibus
CU04  J.Dexter          J.Dexter, M.Jacobs
                         ACTUAL
PROG  INSTRUMENT     START   FINISH
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NM01  TripleSpec     17:10   00:00
CU04  TripleSpec     00:00   06:40
   PROG       SCHEDULED      WEATH     EQUIP     OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DTN  START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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NM01/R      17:14  00:10    0    0    0    0   0.0  6.9   0    0
CU04/R      00:10  06:56    0    0    0    0   0.1  6.6   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: T.Rudyk
Dataq needed a bsckend restart at checkout. It failed again not 10 minutes later (and yes the log file length was 24 hours). Partly cloudy skies but winds were high and from the south. We had to institute pointing limitations due to the wind. Winds began to die down around 22:15. It also cleared completely. Clouds came back around 2:30, and blew out again by 04:00. We were open all night.
                    ------- FAILURE LOG -------
              FAILURE MODE     TIME
PROG   INSTR     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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 17:25 tcamera    616( 1075)  18  64   5.8  6.6  6.9  6.3  5.9   -  1.33
 18:12 tcamera    507(  940)  60  57   6.0  6.0  6.5  5.8  5.9   -  1.14
 00:00 tcamera    500(  904) -110  54   3.2  2.5  3.8  3.0  2.9   -  1.19
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    46    14     12   224   (SW)    368  ptly cldy   none
     17:00    42    13     18   186    (S)    449  ptly cldy   none
     18:00    43    13     23   182    (S)    504  ptly cldy   none
     19:00    43    12     17   180    (S)    721  ptly cldy   none
     20:00    43    12     24   209  (SSW)    787  ptly cldy   none
     21:00    43    11     32   194  (SSW)    912  ptly cldy   none
     22:00    41    11     24   190    (S)   1045 mstly clr    none
     23:00    38    12     17   195  (SSW)   1378    clear     none
     00:00    38    14     20   237  (WSW)   1119    clear     none
     01:00    37    15     17   222   (SW)    980    clear     none
     02:00    36    15     14   254  (WSW)    859 mstly clr    none
     03:00    35    16     21   221   (SW)    833 mstly clr    none
     04:00    34    17     16   236   (SW)    886 mstly clr    none
     05:00    33    18     17   263    (W)    873    clear     none
     06:00    33    18     21   244  (WSW)   1021    clear     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.
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