Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20051001
Date: Sun,  2 Oct 2005 04:57:45 -0600 (MDT)
From: bketzeba@apo.nmsu.edu (Bill Ketzeback)
                        Apache Point Observatory
                        3.5m Telescope Night Log
                        Saturday, October 1, 2005
                                                         ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START FINISH
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 B.Keeney        B.Keeney               DIS            19:47  00:30
 A.Becker        N.Silvestri            DIS            --:--  --:--
  INST     SCHED(TWILIGHT)   WEATH     EQUIP     OBS     DAY  NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN    START FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B   USE   D    B
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 CU02/R      19:41  00:50  0.4   0    0    0   4.8   0    0    0    0
 UW08/R      00:50  06:05  5.3   0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0
  note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
                ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
 Observing Specialist: B.Ketzeback
 Weather looked too dangerous to open right at sunset however cloud
 cover thinned enough by end of twilight that I felt it was safe enough
 to observe. Cloud cover varried from thin whispy to quite thick much
 of first half but the observer was still getting useful photons and
 I didnt feel threatened by the weather so we stayed open. At 00:30,
 the skies became totally opaque and I closed. At 03:15 the rain sensor
 went off. We didnt open again the rest of the night.
 The first half observers slitviewer was not loading images even though
 they were ftping correctly to his machine and he was able to open them
 into ds9. Therefore, I controlled guiding for him. A problem report was
 generated, no time was lost on the sky however due to this.
 I spent second half working on fastcam data.
                      ------- FAILURE LOG -------
  PROG   INST   FAILURE MODE     TIME
       (SEDFNVOG)    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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 19:55 dis-slit    -275(877)   176 77  13.9/15.9  243  13   -     1.1
             ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
     ------------------------------------------------------------------
     16:01    67    32     13   242  (WSW)         mstly clr  none
     17:01    64    29      9   226  (SW)          mstly clr  none
     18:01    58    29     13   211  (SSW)         mstly clr  none
     19:01    58    28      9   233  (SW)          mstly cldy none
     20:01    57    23      9   240  (WSW)         prtly cldy none
     21:01    54    21     10   234  (SW)          prtly cldy none
     22:01    56    21     10   213  (SSW)         prtly cldy none
     23:01    55    22      9   218  (SW)          prtly cldy none
     00:01    57    22     13   210  (SSW)         mstly cldy none
     01:01    56    27     12   188  (S)           cloudy     none
     02:01    55    33     10   217  (SW)          cloudy     none
     03:01    55    32     10   240  (WSW)         cloudy     lt rain
     04:01    53    35     11   301  (WNW)         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 TCC version: 2.7.3.2  Current TUI version: TUI 1.0.1