Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20240929
From: ajt@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2024 12:53:49 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Sunday, September 29, 2024
PROG  PI ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)
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UW05  S.Hawley          L.Hebb,S.Hawley
BY05  D.Ragozzine       B.Boizelle,J.Davidson
                         ON-SKY
PROG  INSTRUMENT     START   FINISH
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UW05  ECHELLE        18:58   01:00
BY05  TSPEC          01:08   06:15
   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      18:58  01:10    0    0    0    0   6.2  0.0   0    0
BY05/R      01:10  06:49    0    0    0    0   3.8  1.8   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: A.Townsend
Clouds in the afternoon, cleared up around sunset and we had clear skies but mushy seeing.
During checkout, NICFPS got stuck setting NFS and never took an exposure. After stopping the script and trying again (and after trying 'nicfps expose init') I got the error "the target named nicfps is not connected". I reconnected nicfps and restarted the ics, which fixed the problem.
Optical all sky camera froze during twilight, I restarted the Alcor computer which fixed the problem.
                    ------- 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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 19:08 ecamera    407(  561) -46  44  15.5 17.9 17.5 17.6 16.1   ND3  1.93
 23:42 ecamera    287(  183)  73  39  12.2 12.3 13.0 12.1 12.2   ND2  2.00
 01:20 tcamera    319( 1433)  74  32  12.3 11.6 12.2 11.3 11.8   Ks  1.73
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    68    33      5   195  (SSW)    821 mstly cldy   none
     17:00    67    33      7   257  (WSW)    871 mstly cldy   none
     18:00    65    33      6   231   (SW)    885  ptly cldy   none
     19:00    60    32      2   242  (WSW)    853    clear     none
     20:00    58    28     13   177    (S)    707    clear     none
     21:00    57    29     15   135   (SE)    741    clear     none
     22:00    56    28     16   126   (SE)    767 mstly clr    none
     23:00    55    29     13   131   (SE)    763 mstly clr    none
     00:00    55    30      8   137   (SE)   1010    clear     none
     01:00    53    30      5   169    (S)    939    clear     none
     02:00    56    31      7   219   (SW)    865    clear     none
     03:00    54    29      6   251  (WSW)    713    clear     none
     04:00    56    27      7   271    (W)    700    clear     none
     05:00    56    26     10   308   (NW)    663    clear     none
     06:00    56    26      7   346  (NNW)    644    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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