From: Russet McMillan
Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20031123
Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2003 06:59:37 -0700 (MST)
                         Apache Point Observatory
                         3.5m Telescope Night Log
                         Sunday, November 23, 2003
                                                          ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER     OBSERVER(S)             INSTRUMENT     START FINISH
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 J.Tumlinson    D.York                  DIS            17:30  06:15
  INST        SCHEDULED      WEATH     EQUIP     OBS     DAY  NOT USED
 I/RO/DN     START FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B   USE   D    B
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 UC05/R      17:55  05:45   0    0    0    0  11.8   0   0    0    0
 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
                ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
 1st Half Observing Specialist: J.Barentine
 Much better conditions this afternoon than 24 hours prior.  Opened at
17:10 to cool.  Once the telescope equilibrated, seeing was yet again a
rollercoaster ride between 1 and 2 arcseconds, with variations on
timescales of no more than a minute.  Watching the guider monitor was so
entertaining that I did a screen capture and posted the seeing plot on the
web:
	http://users.apo.nmsu.edu/~jcb/seeing20031123.gif
The variation wasn't caused by windshake; at the time, we were pointed
nearly opposite the wind.
 While skies were clear throughout, seeing continued to vary.
 2nd Half Observing Specialist: R.McMillan
 Second half was clear, with moderate to bad seeing, but never as bad
 as Saturday night.  Everything worked perfectly; there were no
 repeats of the previous night's image jumps during focus
 adjustments.
                     ------- FAILURE LOG -------
 PROG   INST   FAILURE MODE     TIME
      (SEGDFVO)    TI/SHU   START  FINISH  DESCRIPTION
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                ---------------- FOCUS LOG ---------------
                                        Air/Truss   Wind
 Time   Instrument   Focus     Az  El    Temp-C    Dir MPH  filt  FWHM
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 17:44  DISslit     0(565)      186 77  -1.2/-1.7  38   22   -     1.17
 00:31  Echelle     151(-180)   128 53  2.7/-0.4   351  11   ND3   1.7
                 -------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                 Wind                        Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
     ------------------------------------------------------------------
     16:01    31   -19     14    46  (NE)       0  MstlyClr    none
     17:01    28   -21     25    38  (NE)       0  MstlyClr    none
     18:01    30   -19     16    17  (NNE)      0    Clear     none
     19:01    30   -19     25    11  (N)        0    Clear     none
     20:01    27   -21     22     8  (N)        0    Clear     none
     21:01    30   -19     19     6  (N)        0    Clear     none
     22:01    30   -19     11    24  (NNE)      0    Clear     none
     23:01    33   -17     21    26  (NNE)      0    Clear     none
     00:01    33   -14      5     2  (N)        0    Clear     none
     01:01    34   -15      6     9  (N)        0    clear     none
     02:01    32   -16      9     0  (N)        0    clear     none
     03:01    32   -15      5   286  (WNW)      0    clear     none
     04:01    33   -15      9   326  (NW)       0    clear     none
     05:01    31   -14      7   332  (NNW)      0   mstly clr  none
     06:01    35   -11      8   334  (NNW)      0   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.
                               TELESCOPE STATUS
   Telescope drives operational. Current Remark version: 2.85b
   Current guide software version: guider v4.1b4
   Current TCC version: 2.7.2  Current TUI version: TUI-0.75