Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20051219
Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 08:16:13 -0700 (MST)
From: bketzeba@apo.nmsu.edu (Bill Ketzeback)
                        Apache Point Observatory
                        3.5m Telescope Night Log
                        Monday, December 19, 2005
                                                         ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START FINISH
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 V.Dwarkadas    V.Dwarkadas              Echelle        16:30 23:55
 M.Agueros      M.Agueros,S.Anderson     DIS            23:55 03:00
  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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 UC06/R      17:59  23:55   0    0    0    0   2.8  3.1   0    0    0
 UW12/R      23:55  06:03   0   3.0   0    0    0   3.1   0    0    0
 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
                ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
 Observing Specialist: B.Ketzeback
 First half had clear skies interupted by an occasional band of high altitude
 cloud cover. Seeing was moderate. Second half had clear skies. Around 0230
 the wind shifted to east of north and started to become gusty. By 0300, the
 sustained winds had climbed as well and we closed. Windgusts exceeded 40
 miles per hour for the remainder of the second half. We never reopened.
                      ------- 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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 17:39 Echelle     -143(-349)  144 74  1.0/2.9    346  7    nd2   1.09
 23:56 dis-slit    75(523)     -6  73  -0.4/-0.6  33   3    -     1.26
                ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
     ------------------------------------------------------------------
     16:01    38    16      6   291  (WNW)    282   clear     none
     17:01    35    16      6   316  (NW)     315   clear     none
     18:01    34    15     10   327  (NNW)    276   clear     none
     19:01    34    16      8   315  (NW)     310   clear     none
     20:01    34    15     10   272  (W)      340   clear     none
     21:01    34    14     13   301  (WNW)    435   clear     none
     22:01    33    16      8   300  (WNW)    427 mstly cldy  cirrus
     23:01    32    17      6   354  (N)      441 mstly cldy  cirrus
     00:01    31    17      2     9  (N)      472 mstly cldy  cirrus
     01:01    31    19     18     9  (N)      463   clear     none
     02:01    32    17     30    19  (NNE)    214   clear     none
     03:01    33    16     22    38  (NE)     153   clear     windy
     04:01    35    15     28    21  (NNE)    111   clear     windy
     05:01    33    16     28    19  (NNE)    180   clear     windy
     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