Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20050517
Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 05:38:15 -0600 (MDT)
From: bketzeba@apo.nmsu.edu (Bill Ketzeback)
                        Apache Point Observatory
                        3.5m Telescope Night Log
                          Tuesday, May 17, 2005
                                                         ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START FINISH
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 D.York          D.York                 DIS            18:30 23:45
 J.Holtzman      P.Lim                  Echelle        --:-- --:--
  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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 UC05/R      20:57 01:00    0   1.1   0    0    0   3.0   0    0    0
 NM10/R      01:00 05:02   2.0  2.1   0    0    0    0    0    0    0
  note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
                ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
 Observing Specialist: B.Ketzeback
 First half went smoothly until clouds got too thick to punch through. We never
 were able to get anything after focusing the echelle second half.
 I used the time to work on fastcam data.
                      ------- 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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 20:29 NA2gdr    -5000(20100)  176 58  11.8/14.0  261  16   R     0.85
 20:30 dis-slit    -50(1360)   176 58  11.8/13.9  252  18   -     1.3
 01:00 Echelle     25(426)     -44 78  9.9/10.1   267  13   clear 0.95
                ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
     ------------------------------------------------------------------
     16:01    59    20     17   274  (W)     1523   prtly cldy  cirrus
     17:01    60    19     30   245  (WSW)   1721   prtly cldy  cirrus
     18:01    60    20     22   260  (W)     1687   prtly cldy  cirrus
     19:01    57    20     22   262  (W)     1844   prtly cldy  cirrus
     20:01    54    21     23   243  (WSW)   2119   prtly cldy  cirrus
     21:01    53    22     14   283  (WNW)   2106   prtly cldy  cirrus
     22:01    53    23     19   267  (W)     1874   prtly cldy  cirrus
     23:01    52    24     17   266  (W)     1841   prtly cldy  cirrus
     00:01    51    26     19   268  (W)     1819     cloudy    cirrus
     01:01    50    27     11   272  (W)     1780     cloudy    cirrus
     02:01    49    26     17   280  (W)     1619     cloudy    cirrus
     03:01    49    27     14   279  (W)     1553     cloudy    cirrus
     04:01    48    28     13   294  (WNW)   1558     cloudy    cirrus
     05:01    47    29     15   300  (WNW)   1539     cloudy    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