Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20211011
From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2021 12:27:49 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Monday, October 11, 2021
PROG  PI ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)
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AP01  S.Merkowitz       R.McMillan
GS02  S.Lepine          S.Lepine
JH04  D.Nataf           D.Nataf
                         ON-SKY
PROG  INSTRUMENT     START   FINISH
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AP01  APOLLO         --:--   --:--
GS02  ECHELLE        23:20   01:09
JH04  ECHELLE        01:10   06:03
   PROG       SCHEDULED      WEATH     EQUIP     OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DTN  START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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AP01/R      18:43  19:43    0   1.0   0    0   0.0  0.0   0    0
GS02/R      19:43  01:10   0.4  3.3   0    0   1.8  0.0   0    0
JH04/R      01:10  06:57    0    0    0    0   5.8  0.0   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky
We had wind and clouds before sunset that prevented me from opening, finally the wind died down and the clouds looked like they were breaking at sunset just for the clouds to come back with a vengence about 10 mins later, just after I opened the enclosure to allow APOLLO to try to focus.
The Dataq computer appears frozen.  I could not close the Dataq windows or even access the Apple icons/menus.  Both CPUs seem to be running at 100% as well.  The mouse was responsive but nothing else. Eventually I got a spinning color pie wheel.
We finally got on the sky around 23:20, with the wind kicking back up around 23:50.
We stayed open the remainder of the night with no porblems other than pesky clouds forming on us.
I did not do Echelle IOL because the observer was doing cals.
                    ------- 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    56    31     24   215   (SW)   1199 mstly clr    none
     17:00    52    28     26   213  (SSW)   1457 mstly clr    none
     18:00    53    32     26   208  (SSW)   1426  ptly cldy   none
     19:00    51    32     25   216   (SW)   1387   cloudy     none
     20:00    52    32     17   221   (SW)   1334   cloudy     none
     21:00    52    29     20   218   (SW)   3330   cloudy     none
     22:00    50    28     23   209  (SSW)   2883   cloudy     none
     23:00    49    29     22   207  (SSW)   1993 mstly cldy   none
     00:00    48    31     27   207  (SSW)   1339 mstly clr    none
     01:00    47    31     25   217   (SW)   1270 mstly clr    none
     02:00    47    32     17   205  (SSW)   1132 mstly clr    none
     03:00    47    32     20   191    (S)   1219 mstly clr    none
     04:00    46    32     26   183    (S)   1505  ptly cldy   none
     05:00    45    32     26   206  (SSW)   1504  ptly cldy   none
     06:00    45    32     28   199  (SSW)   1667 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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