Date: Thu, 12 May 2005 06:51:15 -0600 (MDT)
From: Jack Dembicky
Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20050511
                        Apache Point Observatory
                        3.5m Telescope Night Log
                        Wednesday, May 11, 2005
                                                         ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START FINISH
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 G.Gyuk          G.Gyuk,A.Puckett       NICFPS         18:38  01:00
 S.Vennes        S.Vennes,A.Kawka       DIS            01:00  06:45
  INST     SCHED(TWILIGHT)   WEATH     EQUIP     OBS     DAY  NOT USED
 I/RO/DN     START FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B   USE   D    B
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 UC03/R      20:52  01:00   0    0    0    0   1.5  2.6   0    0    0
 JH07/R      01:00  05:07   0    0    0    0   4.1   0    0    0    0
  note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
                ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
 Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky
 Dust was a bit elevated all night with counts in the 2000-3000 range.  No
 spikes so I stayed open.
 Everything ran smooth as clockwork tonight.
                      ------- FAILURE LOG -------
  PROG   INST   FAILURE MODE     TIME
      (SEGDFNVO)    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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 20:17  NICFPS      160(1821)  47  73   9.3/11.5   311  10    Z   0.8
 20:25  NA2gdr    2525(39525)  44  73   8.9/11.3   308  15  clear 1.0
 01:08  DISslit       0(1222) -44  51   9.3/9.0    272  7   none  0.86
 01:14  NA2gdr   -1493(21506) -45  50   9.3/9.0    265  9     R   0.62
                ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
     ------------------------------------------------------------------
     16:01    57    22     20   247  (WSW)   2528   Pt. Cldy    none
     17:01    55    22     15   216  (SW)    2630   Pt. Cldy    none
     18:01    57    24     13   243  (WSW)   3088   Mst. Clr    none
     19:01    55    25     15   241  (WSW)   3788    Clear      none
     20:01    50    21      4   261  (W)     2571    Clear      none
     21:01    48    18     10   326  (NW)    2383    Clear      none
     22:01    47    18      5   349  (NNW)   1927    Clear      none
     23:01    49    19     11   272  (W)     2412    Clear      none
     00:01    50    19     12   260  (W)     2317    Clear      none
     01:01    49    18     10   268  (W)     2043    Clear      none
     02:01    49    17     10   278  (W)     1853    Clear      none
     03:01    47    16      9   269  (W)     1690    Clear      none
     04:01    47    14     11   289  (WNW)   1384    Clear      none
     05:01    46    11     16   291  (WNW)   1269    Clear      none
     06:01    46    12     12   279  (W)     1544    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: 2.7.2  Current TUI version: TUI 0.94