Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20031208
Date: Tue,  9 Dec 2003 06:24:10 -0700 (MST)
From: bketzeba@apo.nmsu.edu (Bill Ketzeback)
                         Apache Point Observatory
                         3.5m Telescope Night Log
                         Monday, December 8, 2003
                                                          ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER     OBSERVER(S)             INSTRUMENT     START FINISH
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 L.Hobbs        L.Hobbs                 Echelle        --:--  --:--
 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   6.1   0    0    0    0    0    0    0
 UW09/R      00:00  05:56   0   5.9   0    0    0    0    0    0    0
 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
                  ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
 Observing Specialist: B.Ketzeback
 High winds, dust, rain, grapple, then snow. Even when the storm cleared out
 of the area as predicted by the NWS, orographic clouds and high humidity
 prevented us from opening the full night. With light dry snow, cold temps
 and strong winds I ran the snow program from about 0100 to 0600. The telescope
 was left pointed south to allow the sun to work its mojo on the snow/ice
 covered dome.
                        ------- 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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                 -------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                 Wind                       Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
     ------------------------------------------------------------------
     16:01    34    27     39   251  (WSW)   1778   cloudy    none
     17:01    31    30     32   263  (W)     6113   cloudy    none
     18:01    28    27     27   269  (W)      452   cloudy    none
     19:01    25    25     29   279  (W)     3114   cloudy    rain / grapple
     20:01    25    24     25   267  (W)     2402   cloudy    grapple
     21:01    24    24     23   275  (W)      490   cloudy    lt snow
     22:01    21    21     20   321  (NW)    2261   cloudy    none
     23:01    19    17     18   301  (WNW)    273   cloudy    none
     00:01    18    16     17   288  (WNW)    159   cloudy    none
     01:01    16    14     23   322  (NW)     146   cloudy    lt snow
     02:01    15    13     13   297  (WNW)    163   cloudy    none
     03:01    15    13     12   302  (WNW)    126   cloduy    none
     04:01    15    13     14   314  (NW)      93   cloudy    none
     05:01    15    14     12     1  (N)      146   cloudy    lt snow
     06:01    15    14     20    19  (NNE)    268   clear
   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