Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20051019
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 07:08:18 -0600 (MDT)
From: bketzeba@apo.nmsu.edu (Bill Ketzeback)
                        Apache Point Observatory
                        3.5m Telescope Night Log
                        Wednesday, October 19, 2005
                                                         ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START FINISH
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 M.Klaene        B.Ketzeback,           APOLLO         21:40 06:20
                 T.Murphy
  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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 EN01/W      19:19  06:18   0    0    0    0   0.5  10.5  0    0    0
  note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
                ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
 Observing Specialist: B.Ketzeback
 Another fruitful night for the APOLLO folks. The first few data sets ranging
 the moon were far better than last nights returns. Very encouraging way
 to start the night, possibly a factor of 10 better signal. Then sometime
 after midnight things started to go rather rough. The laser started to
 experience numerous dropouts and a few computer lockups had to be overcome.
 No returns were observed after 2am.
                      ------- 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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 22:05  APOLLO      -200(929)  90  47    6.8/6.6   273  10   -    Good
             ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
     ------------------------------------------------------------------
     16:01    52    26     16   233  (SW)           clear    none
     17:01    50    26     13   276  (W)            clear    none
     18:01    47    25     11   269  (W)            clear    none
     19:01    45    27     10   282  (WNW)          clear    none
     20:01    42    26      7   265  (W)            clear    none
     21:01    43    24      9   264  (W)            clear    none
     22:01    44    25     11   267  (W)            clear    none
     23:01    45    26     11   276  (W)            clear    none
     00:01    44    25     10   267  (W)            clear    none
     01:01    44    26     14   294  (WNW)          clear    none
     02:01    45    30     17   281  (W)            clear    none
     03:01    45    28     15   314  (NW)           clear    none
     04:01    45    28     15   298  (WNW)          clear    none
     05:01    45    29     15   316  (NW)           clear    none
     06:01    43    29     12   342  (NNW)          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
      Telescope drives operational. Current Remark version: 2.85b
      Current TCC version: 2.7.3.2  Current TUI version: TUI 1.0.1