Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20221105
From: ajt@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Sun,  6 Nov 2022 14:19:25 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Saturday, November 05, 2022
PROG  PI ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)
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JH06  T.Marriage        M.Hilton
NA01  J.Bary            J.Bary
                         ON-SKY
PROG  INSTRUMENT     START   FINISH
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JH06  NICFPS         18:41   00:59
NA01  TSPEC          01:16   06:08
   PROG       SCHEDULED      WEATH     EQUIP     OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DTN  START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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JH06/R      18:17  01:10    0    0    0    0   0.0  6.9   0    0
NA01/R      01:10  06:17    0    0    0    0   1.7  3.4   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: A.Townsend
During checkout, AGILE failed with error 'Image available too early' so I ran setheartbeat on nimble and that fixed it.
Also, the ARCTIC ion pump controller was lit all the way up; with instructions from Bill I monitored the pressure tonight, which was a bit soft. CCD temp was stable at 182.4 all night.
We had lots of clouds at the start of the night, but decent seeing, and we did our best to observe through them. We were left with just some orographic clouds by the end of A-half that cleared up by the end of the night. Other than the clouds, observing went smoothly.
(Times after 02:00 MDT are in MST. Happy fall back!)
                    ------- 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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 18:53 NICFPS     416( 1161)  20  75   5.9  6.4  6.2  6.6  5.7   MK-Ks  0.73
 01:22 tcamera    390(  851)  44  79   6.5  5.7  6.3  5.8  5.8   Ks  0.92
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    43    18     12   351    (N)     38 mstly cldy   none
     17:00    42    19      0   314   (NW)     40 mstly cldy   none
     18:00    43    19     13   332  (NNW)     56 mstly cldy   none
     19:00    43    19     10   350    (N)     80 mstly cldy   none
     20:00    44    19      8   345  (NNW)     88 mstly cldy   none
     21:00    42    20      9   316   (NW)    100 mstly cldy   none
     22:00    44    19     11   302  (WNW)    116 mstly cldy   none
     23:00    44    16      9   348  (NNW)    152  ptly cldy   none
     00:00    43    16     12   307   (NW)    127  ptly cldy   none
     01:00    44    15     16   350    (N)    117  ptly cldy   none
     01:00    43    17     10   327  (NNW)    116 mstly clr    none
     02:00    42    18      3   358    (N)    116 mstly clr    none
     03:00    45    18      9   331  (NNW)     95 mstly clr    none
     04:00    46    19      1   189    (S)     65    clear     none
     05:00    47    19      8   346  (NNW)     92    clear     none
     06:00    46    20     14   324   (NW)     69    clear     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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