Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20230127
From: cgray@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2023 14:44:37 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Friday, January 27, 2023
PROG  PI ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)
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BY01  B.Boizelle        B.Boizelle
OU03  M.Kilic           G.Jewett
NM05  A.Dijeau          A.Dijeau
                         ON-SKY
PROG  INSTRUMENT     START   FINISH
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BY01  TripleSpec     17:54   21:13
OU03  Kosmos         21:29   00:10
NM05  Kosmos         00:10   06:34
   PROG       SCHEDULED      WEATH     EQUIP     OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DTN  START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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BY01/R      17:40  21:25    0    0    0    0   0.0  3.7   0    0
OU03/R      21:25  00:10    0    0    0    0   0.0  2.8   0    0
NM05/R      00:10  06:52    0    0    0    0   6.6  0.1   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: C.Gray
We started with clear skies but light clouds rolled in around 7pm and came in and out all night. Seeing was poor and just all over the place.
As the laser is down, APO1 donated their time to BY01.
During checkout, the checkout script failed at arctic because it was in 3x3 binning and trying to expose in Quad mode. While this resulted in just a failed exposure, which was fixed once I moved to LL 2x2 and back to quad, the quads had very high read out. It will require an init, which I will do during check out tomorrow.
                    ------- 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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 19:02 tcamera    412(  648)  60  46  10.0  0.6  0.5  0.6 -1.4   Ks  1.40
 21:56 tcamera    310(  461) -13  62  10.0 -1.0 -0.9 -1.7 -1.6   Ks  1.80
 22:45 khigh   500(  477)  -9  40  10.0 -1.0 -1.0 -1.6 -1.1   --  1.46
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00                  7   265    (W)    154    clear     none
     17:00                  6   281    (W)     99    clear     none
     18:00                  7   279    (W)    113 mstly clr    none
     19:00                 17   292  (WNW)    112 mstly clr    none
     20:00                 10   259    (W)    141 mstly clr    none
     21:00                 12   251  (WSW)    136 mstly clr    none
     22:00                 11   257  (WSW)    158 mstly clr    none
     23:00                 15   263    (W)    183 mstly clr    none
     00:00                 13   255  (WSW)    176 mstly clr    none
     01:00                 11   263    (W)    185    clear     none
     02:00                 10   266    (W)    262    clear     none
     03:00                 12   255  (WSW)    341 mstly clr    none
     04:00                  9   262    (W)    426 mstly clr    none
     05:00                 15   265    (W)    344 mstly clr    none
     06:00                 16   275    (W)    840 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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Current HUB version: v20171231_01
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