Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20030420
Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2003 06:24:54 -0600 (MDT)
From: bketzeba@apo.nmsu.edu (Bill Ketzeback)
                         Apache Point Observatory
                         3.5m Telescope Night Log
                          Sunday, April 20, 2003
                                                          ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER     OBSERVER(S)             INSTRUMENT     START FINISH
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 J.Morse        J.Morse                 Echelle        18:30  01:00
 M.Strauss      X.Fan                   Grim           01:00  05:45
   INST        SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP     OBS     DAY  NOTUSED
 I/RO/DN     START FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B   USE   D    B
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 CU03/R      20:33 01:00    0    0    0    0   4.0  0.4    0    0    0
 PU06/R      01:00 05:31    0    0    0    0    0   4.5    0    0    0
 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
                ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
 Observing Specialist: W.Ketzeback
 Winds from the west again tonight resulted in moderate to poor seeing
 conditions.
 The observer commented that the pointing was not very good. I adjusted
 the tilt of the tertiary per written instructions by Russet. The observer
 said there was no difference so I did not revert back to the original tilts
 but rather sent a message to Russet regarding this.
 The end of the first half until about 0430 thin cirrus covered the sky. This
 seemed to be far more bothersome for the first observer than the second half.
                        ------- 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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 20:20 Echelle     -124(-292)  258 35  4.5/5.7    104  15   nd2   2.46
 01:13 GrIm2(f/10)  100(563)   292 75  1.9/1.6    114  18   J     1.5
               --------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                 Wind                        Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
     ------------------------------------------------------------------
     16:01    54    17      7   221  (SW)     859   clear      none
     17:01    52    18     14   213  (SSW)    901   clear      none
     18:01    50    18     13   197  (SSW)   1009   clear      none
     19:01    44    19     13   126  (SE)     948   clear      none
     20:01    41    19     21   112  (ESE)    782   clear      none
     21:01    38    21     16    89  (E)      570 prtly cldy   cirrus
     22:01    36    21     12    86  (E)      593 prtly cldy   cirrus
     23:01    36    21     13    86  (E)      798 prtly cldy   cirrus
     00:01    37    21     17    83  (E)     1033 prtly cldy   cirrus
     01:01    36    21     17    87  (E)     1066 prtly cldy   cirrus
     02:01    37    21     22   118  (ESE)   1026 prtly cldy   cirrus
     03:01    36    21     20   107  (ESE)    879 prtly cldy   cirrus
     04:01    35    20     16    96  (E)      736 prtly cldy   cirrus
     05:01    36    19     17   120  (ESE)   1020   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.
                               TELESCOPE STATUS
   Primary, secondary, and tertiary mirrors in place and collimated.
   Primary support system operational. Mirror ventilation system in
   place.
   Telescope drives operational. Current Remark version: 2.80b
   Current guide software version: GIm Ctrlv4.1b4
   Current TCC version: 2.6.8  Current TUI version: 0.61