Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20250412
From: cgray@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2025 12:09:11 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Saturday, April 12, 2025
PROG  PI ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)
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NM09  A.Smith           A.Smith
UW08  S.Hawley          L.Hebb
                         ON-SKY
PROG  INSTRUMENT     START   FINISH
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NM09  ECHELLE        20:56   01:10
UW08  ECHELLE        01:10   05:54
   PROG       SCHEDULED      WEATH     EQUIP     OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DTN  START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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NM09/R      19:40  01:10    0   1.3   0    0   0.0  4.2   0    0
UW08/R      01:10  06:27    0    0    0    0   0.0  5.3   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: C.Gray
Nicfps would not exposure during checkout. A nubs restart and expose init didn't solve the issue. I vnced into the nicfps machine and there was a socket error (10054, 'connection reset by peer'). I closed the software and relaunched and everything was good.
There was high dust at the beginning of the night that kept us closed for a little over an hour. Once we opened, the seeing was beautiful! There were clouds but they stuck to the eastern horizon and weren't an issue for either program.
                    ------- 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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 20:03 ecamera    283(  322) -76  43  14.9 15.4 16.2 15.5 14.7   ND3  0.96
 22:48 ecamera    366(  288)   0  77  14.4 13.4 14.2 13.3 13.5   clear  0.83
 00:15 ecamera    362(  279) -173  59  14.0 13.1 13.8 12.8 13.4   clear  1.01
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    66    17     19   269    (W)   2137    clear     none
     17:00    69    17     22   216   (SW)   1708    clear     none
     18:00    65    15     19   262    (W)   1628    clear     none
     19:00    63    13     16   263    (W)   4619    clear     dust
     20:00    58     8     16   257  (WSW)   5296    clear     dust
     21:00    59     6     19   264    (W)   2874 mstly clr    none
     22:00    58     6     14   259    (W)   2143 mstly clr    none
     23:00    58     7     17   250  (WSW)   1647 mstly clr    none
     00:00    58     6     14   272    (W)   1543 mstly clr    none
     01:00    57     5     12   273    (W)   1505 mstly clr    none
     02:00    57     5     13   270    (W)   1595 mstly clr    none
     03:00    55     4     13   270    (W)   1515 mstly clr    none
     04:00    55     3     14   280    (W)   1544 mstly clr    none
     05:00    53     1     18   283  (WNW)   1618 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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