Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20221104
From: ajt@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Sat,  5 Nov 2022 14:11:07 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Friday, November 04, 2022
PROG  PI ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)
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UW04  J.Birky           J.Birky,J.Davenport
UW02  P.Yoachim         J.Jiang
WY02  M.Brotherton      M.Brotherton
                         ON-SKY
PROG  INSTRUMENT     START   FINISH
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UW04  KOSMOS         18:36   01:04
UW02  ARCTIC         01:22   05:10
WY02  TSPEC          05:28   07:11
   PROG       SCHEDULED      WEATH     EQUIP     OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DTN  START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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UW04/R      18:18  01:10    0    0    0    0   0.0  6.9   0    0
UW02/R      01:10  05:31    0    0    0    0   0.9  3.4   0    0
WY02/R      05:31  07:16    0    0    0    0   1.8  0.0   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: A.Townsend
At checkout, gcam needed to be reinitialized, and I restarted the stripchart mac tonight because it was intermittently freezing.
We had a motion error when switching instruments at 77 alt, and had to slew up (downwards slews just motion errored out again) and then down. The telescope slipped slightly after the motion errors.
There were some thin wispy clouds at the end of the night and ok-to-mediocre seeing, probably partially caused by wind gusts.
                    ------- 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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 18:43 kosmos   201(  168)  82  73  -2.1 -0.6 -0.2 -0.8 -1.9   --  1.90
 01:27 arctic   444(  340) 336  51  -3.0 -3.4 -2.8 -3.4 -3.2   SDSS_r  1.25
 03:43 arctic   409(  383) 124  63  -1.7 -1.6 -1.9 -2.2 -1.8   SDSS_r  2.12
 05:34 tcamera    382(  606) 299  45   3.4  0.3  0.6  0.8  2.6   Ks  1.25
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    30    13     18   276    (W)    240    clear     none
     17:00    29    12     19   277    (W)    191    clear     none
     18:00    28    12     11   288  (WNW)    218    clear     none
     19:00    28    11      9   299  (WNW)    199    clear     none
     20:00    27    11     17   307   (NW)    221    clear     none
     21:00    28    11     20   326   (NW)    253    clear     none
     22:00    28    10     18   327  (NNW)    212    clear     none
     23:00    28    10     15   356    (N)    188    clear     none
     00:00    28     9      6   350    (N)    142    clear     none
     01:00    27    11     14    19  (NNE)    188 mstly clr    none
     02:00    29     9     13     1    (N)    108 mstly clr    none
     03:00    30     9     16     8    (N)     93 mstly clr    none
     04:00    30    10     16    17  (NNE)    111 mstly clr    none
     05:00    37     9     17   324   (NW)     60 mstly clr    none
     06:00    36     9     16   321   (NW)     44 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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