Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20031207
Date: Mon,  8 Dec 2003 05:10:24 -0700 (MST)
From: bketzeba@apo.nmsu.edu (Bill Ketzeback)
                         Apache Point Observatory
                         3.5m Telescope Night Log
                         Sunday, December 7, 2003
                                                          ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER     OBSERVER(S)             INSTRUMENT     START FINISH
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 L.Hobbs        L.Hobbs                 Echelle        17:12  22:00
 J.Lutz         J.Lutz,G.Wallerstein    Echelle        --:--  --:--
  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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 UC09/R      17:55  00:00   0   2.0   0    0    0   4.1   0    0    0
 UW09/R      00:00  05:55   0   5.9   0    0    0    0    0    0    0
 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
                  ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
 Observing Specialist: B.Ketzeback
 Opened early for cooling. The tertiary was already set up for the echelle
 last evening so checkout went fast. Focused as soon as it was dark enough
 into twilight. Ckies started to cloud up at 20:30 and steadily got worse
 until no useful science could be accomplished at 22:00. I never reopened
 for the rest of the night. There was one crash of the Echelle slitviewer
 but resetting it went flawlessly and no time was considered lost. Spend
 most of second half training G.Stringfellow from CU.
                        ------- FAILURE LOG -------
 PROG   INST   FAILURE MODE     TIME
      (SEGDFVO)    TI/SHU   START  FINISH  DESCRIPTION
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 UC09    E          I/S     --:--  --:--   Guider froze, required reboot of icc
                ---------------- FOCUS LOG ---------------
                                        Air/Truss   Wind
 Time   Instrument   Focus     Az  El    Temp-C    Dir MPH  filt  FWHM
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 17:40 Echelle     -2(176)     186 77  4.3/5.0    270  15   nd1   1.14
                 -------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                 Wind                       Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
     ------------------------------------------------------------------
     16:01    43    25     11   265  (W)      678 mstly clear none
     17:01    41    25     14   267  (W)      705 mstly clear none
     18:01    41    25     13   268  (W)      766 prtly cldy  none
     19:01    40    24     25   268  (W)      500 prtly cldy  none
     20:01    41    25     14   264  (W)      460 mstly cldy  none
     21:01    41    25     18   262  (W)      565 mstly cldy  none
     22:01    41    25     12   264  (W)      507   cloudy    none
     23:01    41    26     18   240  (WSW)    476   cloudy    none
     00:01    40    27     18   254  (WSW)    521   cloudy    none
     01:01    38    27     14   237  (WSW)    530   cloudy    none
     02:01    37    26     18   238  (WSW)    474   cloudy    none
     03:01    36    26     15   233  (SW)     491   cloudy    none
     04:01    35    27     10   269  (W)      642   cloudy    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-0.76