Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2005 05:59:08 -0600 (MDT)
From: Jack Dembicky
Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20050717
                        Apache Point Observatory
                        3.5m Telescope Night Log
                          Sunday, July 17, 2005
                                                         ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START FINISH
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 D.York          D.York                 Echelle        20:00  22:20
 J.Holtzman      P.Lim                  Echelle        04:15  05:20
  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      21:13 01:00    0   2.8   0    0    0   1.0   0    0    0
 NM08/R      01:00 05:06   1.6  1.8   0    0   0.8   0    0    0    0
  note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
                ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
 Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky
 We opened around 21:05 as the clouds seemed again to magically disappate
 around sunset.  By 22:20 we closed due to approaching weather from the
 North.  We stayed closed the remainder of the first half and had some
 light sprinkles around midnight.  I am not sure if Don got anything
 really useful in the time we were open or not, the clouds were moving
 across the field.
 Remained cloudy until around 04:10 when I re-opened again.  Seeing was
 variable and about 1.4 arc sec.
 We had a problem at the very end of the night with the echelle not
 wanting to abort an exposure correctly.  PR submitted.
                      ------- 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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 21:11  Echelle     -7(571)  232  59   19.1/20.3   179   1   none  0.85
 04:22  Echelle     55(461)  232  57   16.6/16.2   160  14   none  1.4
             ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
     ------------------------------------------------------------------
     17:01    67    47      6   127  (SE)     505   Cloudy     none
     18:01    71    45      3   234  (SW)     449   Cloudy     none
     19:01    68    46      6   208  (SSW)    397   Cloudy     none
     20:01    66    46      4   187  (S)      478  Pt. Cldy    none
     21:01    66    45      3   179  (S)      495  Pt. Cldy    none
     22:01    67    44      4   193  (SSW)    530  Mst. Cldy   none
     23:01    64    43     13   136  (SE)     479   Cloudy     none
     00:01    63    45      7     1  (N)     2169   Cloudy    Lt. Rain
     01:01    62    46      7    22  (NNE)    796   Cloudy     none
     02:01    58    47      8    81  (E)      626   Cloudy     none
     03:01    61    45      4   105  (ESE)    701   Cloudy     none
     04:01    61    44     12   150  (SSE)    996  Pt. Cldy    none
     05:01    61    40     10   176  (S)      538  Pt. Cldy    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 1.0b2