Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 11:41:35 -0000 (GMT)
Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20050516
From: "William Ketzeback"
                        Apache Point Observatory
                        3.5m Telescope Night Log
                          Monday, May 16, 2005
                                                         ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START FINISH
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 C.Oliveira      C.Oliverira,           Echelle        19:45 01:00
                 P.Sonnentrucker
 M.Agueros       M.Agueros              DIS            01:10 05:50
  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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 JH06/R      20:56  01:00   0    0    0    0    0   4.1   0    0    0
 UW08/R      01:00  05:03   0    0    0    0   2.5  1.6   0    0    0
  note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
                ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
 1st Half Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky
 Beautiful skies this evening and I had the telescope open and cooling
 about an hour before sunset.
 No problems 1st half.
 2nd Half Observing Specialist: B.Ketzeback
 Light to thick cirrus all of second half. Guider had a little trouble
looking
 through the muck however once the moon set things went smoothly.
                      ------- 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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 20:25  Echelle     -50(581)  -43  45  12.0/13.5   196  15   ND2   1.4
 01:09 dis-slit    -50(1217)  -81  80  11.5/11.7   239  28   -     0.98
 01:14 NA2gdr   -5160(19939)  -80  81  11.5/11.6   240  23   R+nd2 0.64
                ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
     ------------------------------------------------------------------
     16:01    62    34      7   197  (SSW)   1193   Clear     none
     17:01    59    33     13   217  (SW)    1262   Clear     none
     18:01    60    33     12   182  (S)     1095   Clear     none
     19:01    57    33      7   251  (WSW)   1417   Clear     none
     20:01    54    29     14   232  (SW)    1572   Clear     none
     21:01    54    30     10   186  (S)     1554   Clear     none
     22:01    55    27     11   247  (WSW)   1611   Clear     none
     23:01    54    25     16   199  (SSW)   1733   Clear     none
     00:01    52    29     15   203  (SSW)   1690 prtly cldy  cirrus
     01:01    53    23     24   222  (SW)    1627 prtly cldy  cirrus
     02:01    51    28     18   252  (WSW)   1556 prtly cldy  cirrus
     03:01    51    22     15   258  (WSW)   1581 prtly cldy  cirrus
     04:01    51    16     19   278  (W)     1380 mstly cldy  cirrus
     05:01    51    15     18   290  (WNW)   1394 mstly cldy  cirrus
     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