Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20240802
From: ajt@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Sat,  3 Aug 2024 12:37:11 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Friday, August 02, 2024
PROG  PI ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)
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UW06  C.Chandler        C.Chandler,M.Frissell
OU04  K.Leighly         G.Garcia
                         ON-SKY
PROG  INSTRUMENT     START   FINISH
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UW06  ARCTIC         --:--   --:--
OU04  KOSMOS         --:--   --:--
   PROG       SCHEDULED      WEATH     EQUIP     OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DTN  START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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UW06/R      20:09  01:10    5.0    0    0    0  0.0  0.0   0    0
OU04/R      01:10  06:10    4.1   0.9   0    0  0.0  0.0   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: T.Sutherland,A.Townsend
We had thunder in the afternoon but the radar cleared up before sunset. There were thin clouds most of the night, but our big problem was the dust.
We got the following error while the observer was running a script to take flats and paused it:
arcticExpose f exposeTxt="cannot start a new arctic exposure while another is active"
We were able to fix it by hub startNubs arcticExpose, we didn't have to do an init and drop a quad! woohoo!
Torrie's first night was just dusty! We didnt open at all, but a lot of new observing specialist training was done nonetheless.
                    ------- 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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               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    65    50      2   130   (SE)   5001 mstly cldy   dust
     17:00    67    50      6     8    (N)   4751 mstly cldy   dust
     18:00    69    45      6   106  (ESE)   7250 mstly cldy   dust
     19:00    69    45     10   111  (ESE)   8270 mstly cldy   dust
     20:00    66    43     12    86    (E)   8327  ptly cldy   dust
     21:00    65    41     11    92    (E)   6902  ptly cldy   dust
     22:00    65    40     12    86    (E)   6897 mstly clr    dust
     23:00    64    42     14    81    (E)   8031 mstly clr    dust
     00:00    64    42     16    81    (E)   8090 mstly clr    dust
     01:00    60    45     23    77  (ENE)   6252 mstly clr    dust
     02:00    59    47     18    69  (ENE)   6439 mstly clr    dust
     03:00    60    47     12    80    (E)   7442 mstly clr    dust
     04:00    62    44      2    84    (E)   7382 mstly clr    dust
     05:00    60    43      6    25  (NNE)   7565 mstly clr    dust
     06:00    61    44      2    30  (NNE)   7576 mstly clr    dust
     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.
              ----------  TELESCOPE SOFTWARE  ----------
Current TCC version: 1.4.2
Current HUB version: v20171231_01
Current TUI version: 3.1.5