Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20240913
From: tsutherland@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2024 12:15:47 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Friday, September 13, 2024
PROG  PI ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)
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UW05  S.Hawley          L.Hebb,S.Hawley
NM06  A.Peck            A.Smith,E.Nielsen
BY01  S.Call            S.Call
                         ON-SKY
PROG  INSTRUMENT     START   FINISH
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UW05  ECHELLE        19:20   01:10
NM06  ECHELLE        01:10   02:50
BY01  TripleSpec     --:--   --:--
   PROG       SCHEDULED      WEATH     EQUIP     OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DTN  START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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UW05/R      19:20  01:10    0    0    0    0   0.0  5.8   0    0
NM06/R      01:10  05:08   2.3   0    0    0   0.3  1.4   0    0
BY01/R      05:08  06:38   1.5   0    0    0    0   0.0   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: T.Sutherland,J.Dembicky
Fiducial errors in az on first two test slews.
Clouds were a persistent pest throughout the night.
A storm to the south caused us to close at 2:50am.
The tertiary was rotated to the NA2 port.
                    ------- 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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 19:28 ecamera    552(  785) 276  46  17.4 19.6 19.3 20.4 17.5   ND2  0.86
 20:40 ecamera    345(  477)  40  44  16.6 17.4 17.6 16.8 16.7   clear  0.97
 01:22 ecamera    313(  344) -39  44  15.8 15.3 15.9 15.1 15.5   clear  1.10
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    74    38     18   250  (WSW)   1140  ptly cldy   none
     17:00    68    35     14   252  (WSW)    994  ptly cldy   none
     18:00    66    38     15   263    (W)   1119  ptly cldy   none
     19:00    65    39      9   264    (W)   1125  ptly cldy   none
     20:00    63    39      9   243  (WSW)   1197  ptly cldy   none
     21:00    62    41     11   229   (SW)   1219  ptly cldy   none
     22:00    62    41      8   229   (SW)   1274 mstly cldy   none
     23:00    62    41      7   219   (SW)   1206 mstly cldy   none
     00:00    61    40     13   239  (WSW)   1252 mstly cldy   none
     01:00    61    40      7   255  (WSW)   1437 mstly cldy   none
     02:00    60    37     11   272    (W)   1046 mstly cldy   none
     03:00    59    37      6   285  (WNW)   1569 mstly cldy   none
     04:00    58    38      4   237  (WSW)   2007 mstly cldy   none
     05:00    58    37      2   255  (WSW)   1615 mstly cldy   none
     06:00    58    36      6   299  (WNW)   1344 mstly cldy   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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