Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20230905
From: cgray@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Wed,  6 Sep 2023 13:26:59 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Tuesday, September 05, 2023
PROG  PI ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)
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WY02  M.Moe             M.Moe
UW07  B.Morris          K.Jones
AP01  S.Merkowitz       R.McMillan
                         ON-SKY
PROG  INSTRUMENT     START   FINISH
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WY02  ECHELLE        19:31   01:08
UW07  ECHELLE        01:08   05:10
AP01  APOLLO         05:30   06:35
   PROG       SCHEDULED      WEATH     EQUIP     OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DTN  START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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WY02/R      19:31  01:10    0    0    0    0   3.5  2.2   0    0
UW07/R      01:10  05:33    0    0    0    0   0.0  4.4   0    0
AP01/R      05:33  06:33    0    0    0    0   0.0  1.0   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: C.Gray
We had a great night tonight!! Perfectly clear skies with *AMAZING* seeing, as low
as 0.6"! everything was well behaved and I was able to move the tertiary in only
about 20 min on this go around.
No 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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 19:48 ecamera    510(  820) 104  66  18.5 21.6 20.2 21.5 19.8   ND2  0.95
 19:58 ecamera    482(  798) -64  36  17.9 21.2 20.0 21.8 19.4   ND3  1.15
 21:39 ecamera    376(  576) -160  37  18.6 18.8 19.0 18.3 18.4   Clear  0.84
 00:11 ecamera    304(  414) -122  53  18.1 17.1 17.8 16.7 17.5   Clear  0.98
 01:13 ecamera    288(  386)  -5  43  17.8 16.7 17.5 16.3 17.0   ND2  0.84
 04:34 ecamera    337(  406) -67  69  16.5 16.4 17.4 16.3 16.5   clear  0.60
 05:35 APOLLO     275( 2117)  80  45  16.8 16.0 16.7 15.7 16.1   530  0.90
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    73    32      8   265    (W)    427    clear     none
     17:00    72    31     14   241  (WSW)    398    clear     none
     18:00    72    28      9   266    (W)    338    clear     none
     19:00    70    24      7   260    (W)    296    clear     none
     20:00    65    18      6   294  (WNW)    256    clear     none
     21:00    65    28      4   268    (W)    389    clear     none
     22:00    65    30      6   253  (WSW)    422    clear     none
     23:00    64    30      3   242  (WSW)    451    clear     none
     00:00    64    30      4   257  (WSW)    458    clear     none
     01:00    65    28      2   243  (WSW)    423    clear     none
     02:00    63    28      4   266    (W)    506    clear     none
     03:00    64    27      2   328  (NNW)    483    clear     none
     04:00    64    27      2   308   (NW)    462    clear     none
     05:00    61    27      6   344  (NNW)    425    clear     none
     06:00    62    28      5   341  (NNW)    411    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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