Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20210113
From: cgray@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2021 12:55:00 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Wednesday, January 13, 2021
PROG  PI ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)
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UW02  Y.Ivezi           P.Yoachim
NM09  D.Bizyaev         D.Bizyaev
WY01  M.Brotherton      J.McLane
                         ACTUAL
PROG  INSTRUMENT     START   FINISH
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UW02  ARCTIC         17:27   20:21
NM09  DIS            20:36   20:52
WY01  Tspec          --:--   --:--
   PROG       SCHEDULED      WEATH     EQUIP     OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DTN  START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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UW02/R      17:27  20:27    0    0    0    0   2.4  0.6   0    0
NM09/R      20:27  05:17   8.6   0    0    0   0.2  0.0   0    0
WY01/R      05:17  06:57   1.7  0.0   0    0    0    0    0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: C.Gray
dataq and strip chart needed to be restarted around 20:00. The computer froze and I had to do a hard reboot.
The wind was a bit intense tonight! It also blew in clouds. We were able to hold on through the wind for awhile but the clouds rolling in thick around 21:00 and we weren't able to get anything. Then the wind started gusting really high (we got up to 60 mph) and we were not able to reopen. The telescope is at an odd alt and az because I closed thinking we would reopen. Once the winds shot up I decided to not attempt parking. Thankfully, there were no power flickers. Yet. I can't say what happened after I went to bed...
                    ------- 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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 17:57 arctic   571(  691)   2  77   3.1  3.8  4.2  3.4  3.1   sdss-z  1.46
 20:44 dcamera    576(  460) 159  68   4.0  2.5  3.5  3.2  3.6   --  1.03
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    41    -7     19    18  (NNE)    430 mstly clr    none
     17:00    39    -8     22     8    (N)    397 mstly clr    none
     18:00    37    -1     22   357    (N)    381 mstly clr    none
     19:00    37     1     27   357    (N)    409  ptly cldy   none
     20:00    38     2     22   332  (NNW)    392 mstly cldy   none
     21:00    39     4     14   331  (NNW)    381   cloudy     none
     22:00    38     3      5   343  (NNW)    410   cloudy     none
     23:00    37     2     14    12  (NNE)    394   cloudy     none
     00:00    37    10     27    16  (NNE)    370 mstly cldy   none
     01:00    39    16     32    32  (NNE)    250 mstly cldy   none
     02:00    40    16     33     7    (N)    225  ptly cldy   none
     03:00    41    14     25     7    (N)    307  ptly cldy   none
     04:00    38    14     13    24  (NNE)    280  ptly cldy   none
     05:00    37    11     28    12  (NNE)    513 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.
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