From: Russet McMillan
Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20051128
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 16:03:20 -0700 (MST)
                        Apache Point Observatory
                        3.5m Telescope Night Log
                        Monday, November 28, 2005
                                                         ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START FINISH
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 K.Covey         K.Covey                DIS            17:15  21:00
 L.Hebb          L.Hebb                 SPIcam         04:30  06:30
  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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 UW01/R      17:54  23:55  2.9   0    0    0   3.1   0    0    0    0
 JH04/R      23:55  05:48  4.6   0    0    0   0.2  1.1   0    0    0
  note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
                ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
 1st half Observing Specialist: R.McMillan
 First half was clear, with poor seeing (1.5 - many arcsec).  A few
 systems complained about the cold weather, most notably the DIS
 slitviewer shutter.  I made an adjustment to the azimuth velocity
 scales, and the slitviewer shutter warmed up after a few tries, and
 after that there were no problems.
 There were several wind gusts over the limit starting around 19:30,
 but since the telescope was pointing out of the wind and there were
 no indications of difficulty tracking, I let it go until much
 stronger gusts started around 21:00.
 2nd half Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky
 Wind kept us closed until around 04:30.
 No problems 2nd half
                      ------- 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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 17:37 DISslit     150(339)    152 48  -7.8/-8.2  342  16   -     2.1
 04:38  SPIcam       200(787)  45  73  -2.8/-4.5    19  18   i'   1.35
 04:46  NA2gdr   -2764(30235)  39  74  -2.2/-4.3    15  18  clear 1.55
                ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:01    19   -10      8   330  (NNW)    564   clear      none
     17:01    18   -12     15   276  (W)      475   clear      none
     18:01    18   -10     10   355  (N)      521   clear      none
     19:01    17    -6     20   346  (NNW)    317   clear      none
     20:01    17    -5     21     2  (N)      276   clear      none
     21:01    16    -3     32    17  (NNE)    356   clear      wind
     22:01    17    -6     27    18  (NNE)    287   clear      wind
     23:01    18    -9     31    23  (NNE)    189   Clear      windy
     00:01    20   -13     29    21  (NNE)     90   Clear      windy
     01:01    29   -26     18    19  (NNE)    331   Clear      windy
     02:01    28   -26     16    27  (NNE)    147   Clear      windy
     03:01    28   -33     25   352  (N)      109   Clear      windy
     04:01    27   -29     15    19  (NNE)     67   Clear      none
     05:01    28   -29     14   349  (NNW)     68   Clear      none
     06:01    29   -26     14    18  (NNE)     32   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 TCC version: 2.8
      Current TUI version: TUI 1.1