Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20200828
From: cgray@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2020 13:27:09 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Friday, August 28, 2020
PROG  PI ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)
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CU02  Z.Berta-Thompson  J.Libby-Roberts
UW03  Y.Notsu           Y.Notsu
                         ACTUAL
PROG  INSTRUMENT     START   FINISH
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CU02  DIS            19:41   01:02
UW03  ECHELLE        01:08   06:00
   PROG       SCHEDULED      WEATH     EQUIP     OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DTN  START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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CU02/R      19:41  01:10    0    0    0    0   0.0  5.5   0    0
UW03/R      01:10  06:28    0    0    0    0   3.4  1.9   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: C.Gray
The night started with clouds and I was worried for awhile that there might be rain, but it was just annoying clouds. While it was an easy night on the 3.5m, it was not an easy night on the 0.5m. The telescope would not slew at the beginning of the night and it took around 6 hours of trouble shooting and a call to Bill to sort everything out. I'll be adding steps to the arcsat wiki.
But the 3.5m behaved splendidly and seeing was excellent all night! Things got pretty cloudy at switch over but everyone was able to get data.
No problems tonight.
                    ------- 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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 20:13 arctic   559( 1595) 162  53  21.3 23.0 22.6 22.2 21.0   sdss-i  0.84
 01:24 ecamera    363(  130) 340  53  18.8 19.4 20.0 19.2 19.1   ND4  0.79
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    78    40      8   256  (WSW)    636  ptly cldy   none
     17:00    78    37     13   249  (WSW)    663  ptly cldy   none
     18:00    74    31     13   274    (W)    520  ptly cldy   none
     19:00    73    30      3   253  (WSW)    449  ptly cldy   none
     20:00    69    32      6   267    (W)    664 mstly clr    none
     21:00    71    31      5   257  (WSW)    525  ptly cldy   none
     22:00    69    34      3   343  (NNW)    633 mstly clr    none
     23:00    68    36      1   307   (NW)    619 mstly cldy   none
     00:00    69    35      5   263    (W)    817 mstly cldy   none
     01:00    69    35      2   218   (SW)    748  ptly cldy   none
     02:00    65    36     11    91    (E)    764    clear     none
     03:00    63    38     13    83    (E)    647    clear     none
     04:00    62    38     10    90    (E)    702 mstly clr    none
     05:00    63    37      8    86    (E)    762  ptly cldy   none
     06:00    64    36      6   131   (SE)    793  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.
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