Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20210817
From: ajt@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2021 11:00:22 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Tuesday, August 17, 2021
PROG  PI ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)
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UW05  K.Bell            K.Bell
                         ACTUAL
PROG  INSTRUMENT     START   FINISH
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UW05  AGILE          20:20   22:37
   PROG       SCHEDULED      WEATH     EQUIP     OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DTN  START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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UW05/R      19:54  06:20   4.1  4.1   0    0   0.0  2.3   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: A.Townsend,R.McMillan
We opened almost half an hour later due to storms just to the east of us that fizzled out. Had a few hours of okay skies before we had to close the dome at 33:35 due to high humidity. We stayed closed the rest of the night.
During checkout and with the bad weather Russet tested TSPEC--which seems to be fully operational now, and possibly even slightly improved (we didn't see any of the pattern noise visible in previous observations when the instrument was inverted).
                    ------- 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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 20:16 AGILE      800( -688)  95  42  11.9 16.4 14.8 16.9 14.6   BG40  1.90
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    62    51     11   287  (WNW)    388  ptly cldy   none
     17:00    61    53     12   313   (NW)    340  ptly cldy   none
     18:00    60    51      3   265    (W)    343  ptly cldy   none
     19:00    60    51      2   262    (W)    434  ptly cldy   none
     20:00    56    52      6   253  (WSW)    410  ptly cldy   none
     21:00    55    50      5   199  (SSW)        mstly clr    none
     22:00    55    53      7   187    (S)        mstly clr   humid
     23:00    54    52      5   198  (SSW)        mstly clr   humid
     00:00    55    51      3   212  (SSW)        mstly clr   humid
     01:00    55    50      8   216   (SW)         ptly cldy  humid
     02:00    54    51     10   204  (SSW)          cloudy    humid
     03:00    54    52     13   218   (SW)         ptly cldy  humid
     04:00    54    52      8   220   (SW)        mstly clr   humid
     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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