Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2005 05:48:34 -0700 (MST)
From: Jack Dembicky
Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20051227
                        Apache Point Observatory
                        3.5m Telescope Night Log
                       Tuesday, December 27, 2005
                                                         ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START FINISH
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 R.Covarrubius   R.Covarrubius          DIS            16:30  23:59
 M.Oguri         M.Oguri, M.Shin        DIS            23:59  04:30
  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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 UW04/R      18:03  23:55   0    0    0    0   5.9   0    0    0    0
 PU03/R      23:55  06:07  0.2  1.5   0    0   4.5   0    0    0    0
  note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
                ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
 Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky
 Medocre seeing most of the night.  Clouds started rolling in around 22:00
 and gradually grew thicker until a front pushed thru around 04:00, and
 along with it high winds to shut us down.
                      ------- 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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 17:36  DISslit      50(696)  -16  51   2.2/2.6     11  17  none  2.3
 00:04  DISslit      75(629)  145  60   2.9/1.2    328  24  none  1.5
                ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
     ------------------------------------------------------------------
     16:01    36     8     12   350  (N)      655   Mst. Clr     none
     17:01    35     8      6     0  (N)      567     Clear      none
     18:01    36     8     10   350  (N)      594     Clear      none
     19:01    36     8     22     3  (N)      562     Clear      none
     20:01    36     6     17   353  (N)      452     Clear      none
     21:01    35     5     14     5  (N)      349   Mst. Clr     none
     22:01    35     5     13   359  (N)      253    Cirrus      none
     23:01    34     3     22     6  (N)      262    Cirrus      none
     00:01    37     4     19    18  (NNE)    185    Cirrus      none
     01:01    36     7     12    28  (NNE)    148   Pt. Cldy     none
     02:01    35     3     24    24  (NNE)    147   Mst. Cldy    none
     03:01    36     9     10     9  (N)      122   Mst. Cldy    none
     04:01    36     9     17     9  (N)       87    Pt. Cldy    Windy
     05:01    38    17     29    30  (NNE)     96   Mst. Clr     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