Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2005 06:53:35 -0700 (MST)
From: Jack Dembicky
Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20051203
                        Apache Point Observatory
                        3.5m Telescope Night Log
                       Saturday, December 3, 2005
                                                         ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START FINISH
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 A.Becker       O.Fraser,D.Haggard      DIS            18:45  23:55
 A.Becker       G.Miknaitis             DIS            23:55  02:25
                J.Hennawi, M.Shin       DIS            02:25  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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 UW08/R      18:25  23:55   0   0.3   0    0   5.0  0.7   0    0    0
 UW09/R      23:55  05:53   0    0    0    0   6.0   0    0    0    0
  note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
                ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
 1st Half Observing Specialist: R.McMillan
 Dust and high winds prevented us from opening at sunset.  I used the
 time to play around with some modified tracking and slewing
 parameters for the altitude drive, with inconclusive results.  We
 opened a little after the end of sunset and got going smoothly
 enough.  We had patchy clouds coming and going during the evening,
 and poor to bad seeing (1.5 arcsec and up).  Everything worked well.
 2nd Half Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky
 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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                ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:01    43    17     31   253  (WSW)   3719  mstly clr   wind,dust
     17:01    39    16     23   263  (W)     7543  mstly clr   wind,dust
     18:01    37    18     22   247  (WSW)   3586  mstly clr     dust
     19:01    37    17     18   266  (W)     1113   ptly cldy    none
     20:01    36    18     15   266  (W)     1565   ptly cldy    none
     21:01    35    17     18   294  (WNW)    489   ptly cldy    none
     22:01    35    15     22   289  (WNW)    365   ptly cldy    none
     23:01    35    13     13   277  (W)      309   ptly cldy    none
     00:01    34    12     23   287  (WNW)    298   ptly cldy    none
     01:01    33     8     15   266  (W)      280   ptly cldy    none
     02:01    32     8     11   267  (W)      281   ptly cldy    none
     03:01    30    11     14   299  (WNW)    326     Clear      none
     04:01    30     9     16   299  (WNW)    290   Lt. Cirrus   none
     05:01    29     7     15   318  (NW)     287   Lt. Cirrus   none
     06:01    27     6     10   326  (NW)     386   Lt. Cirrus   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