Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20231208
From: ajt@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Sat,  9 Dec 2023 14:25:54 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Friday, December 08, 2023
PROG  PI ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)
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CU06  J.Bally           J.Bally
UW02  P.Yoachim         J.Jiang
NA01  A.Jaskot          A.Jaskot
AP01  S.Merkowitz       R.McMillan
                         ON-SKY
PROG  INSTRUMENT     START   FINISH
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CU06  KOSMOS         --:--   --:--
UW02  KOSMOS         23:39   00:14
NA01  KOSMOS         00:14   05:34
AP01  APOLLO         05:39   06:41
   PROG       SCHEDULED      WEATH     EQUIP     OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DTN  START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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CU06/R      17:06  22:30  5.4    0    0    0   0.0  0.0   0    0
UW02/R      22:30  00:10  1.2    0    0    0   0.5  0.0   0    0
NA01/R      00:10  05:45    0    0    0    0   3.3  2.3   0    0
AP01/R      05:45  06:45    0    0    0    0   0.0  1.0   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: A.Townsend
Big dust storm kicked up by winds out of the west today, we maxed out at about 33,000 counts in 1-micron. The dust finally calmed down around 23:30 and we were able to open up. The seeing was not great.
ARCTIC controller is unhappy; temps are normal.
No other problems tonight.
                    ------- 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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 23:54 kosmos   185(  559) -64  59   0.1  0.5  2.5  0.5  0.3   --  1.80
 05:43 APOLLO     350( 1392)  47  33  -1.8 -1.3 -1.2 -1.9 -1.7   530  3.00
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    43     7     23   270    (W)   3722 mstly clr    dust
     17:00    40     8     30   270    (W)   7471 mstly clr    dust
     18:00    37     6     25   241  (WSW)   7875 mstly clr    dust
     19:00    36     6     18   263    (W)  32792 mstly clr    dust
     20:00    34     7     13   266    (W)  16892 mstly clr    dust
     21:00    34     7     24   275    (W)   7856 mstly clr    dust
     22:00    34     6     18   263    (W)   4949 mstly clr    dust
     23:00    33     6     13   263    (W)   5057 mstly clr    dust
     00:00    32     6     13   263    (W)   2365 mstly clr    none
     01:00    32     7     13   268    (W)    632 mstly clr    none
     02:00    31     7     12   298  (WNW)    650 mstly clr    none
     03:00    30     6     11   266    (W)    571 mstly clr    none
     04:00    29     5     10   335  (NNW)    520 mstly clr    none
     05:00    31     3     14   289  (WNW)    429 mstly clr    none
     06:00    29     1     22   303  (WNW)    471 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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