Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20200814
From: cgray@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2020 11:52:01 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Friday, August 14, 2020
PROG  PI ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)
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NM10  D.Bizyaev         D.Bizyaev
CU07  B.Oppenheimer     B.Semock, M.Croom
AP01  T.Murphy          R.McMillan
                         ACTUAL
PROG  INSTRUMENT     START   FINISH
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NM10  ARCTIC         23:37   00:42
CU07  DIS            --:--   --:--
AP01  APOLLO         --:--   --:--
   PROG       SCHEDULED      WEATH     EQUIP     OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DTN  START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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NM10/R      19:57  01:10   4.1   0    0    0   1.1  0.0   0    0
CU07/R      01:10  05:19   1.5  2.7   0    0    0    0    0    0
AP01/R      05:19  06:19   0.0  1.0   0    0    0    0    0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: C.Gray
Some issues tonight:
- gcam needed restart
- nicfps failed on exposing and needed a hub restart
- dataq needed restarting
- arctic dropped a quad
Concerning arctic, it was my fault. NM10 was taking a long series of darks (2 hours)
and I decided to mount the instrument half way through. When I moved and mounted the
instrument, something happened with the read electronics and the CCD read out 38k
across the chip for all future exposures. I warmed arctic and brought back the quad
and everything is good now.
We had rain and clouds all night. Though, we were about to open for about an hour
around midnight before things got dicey. Seeing was excellent for that hour, though!
Rain hit during twilight and we were not able to reopen.
                    ------- 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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               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    68    44     11    83    (E)    960 mstly cldy   none
     17:00    72    46      6    69  (ENE)    828 mstly cldy   none
     18:00    70    44      2   200  (SSW)    793   cloudy   lt rain
     19:00    67    43     15    65  (ENE)    694   cloudy   lt rain
     20:00    67    41      8   200  (SSW)    722   cloudy     none
     21:00    64    41     14   185    (S)    569   cloudy     none
     22:00    65    39     16   154  (SSE)    647 mstly cldy   none
     23:00    64    39     14   138   (SE)    541 mstly clr    none
     00:00    69    34      1   205  (SSW)    375 mstly clr    none
     01:00    68    35      3   296  (WNW)    475  ptly cldy   none
     02:00    68    36      1   268    (W)    652 mstly cldy   none
     03:00    67    35      1     3    (N)    451 mstly cldy   none
     04:00    66    36     11   181    (S)    463 mstly cldy   none
     05:00    66    36      5   187    (S)    758 mstly cldy 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 SOFTWARE  ----------
Current TCC version: 1.2.4
Current HUB version: v20171231_01
Current TUI version: 2.6.0