Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20060113
Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2006 06:28:21 -0700 (MST)
From: bketzeba@apo.nmsu.edu (Bill Ketzeback)
                        Apache Point Observatory
                        3.5m Telescope Night Log
                        Friday, January 13, 2006
                                                         ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START FINISH
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 N.Cunningham    N.Cunningham           NIC            16:30 00:10
 D.York          G.Stringfellow         NIC            00:10 02:30
  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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 CU05/R      18:15 00:10    0    0    0    0    0   5.9   0    0    0
 UC08/R      00:10 06:09    0   3.7   0    0    0   2.3   0    0    0
  note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
                ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
 Observing Specialist: B.Ketzeback
 Clouds appeared around 21:00 and slowly got thicker until we were forced
 to close at 02:30.
                      ------- 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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 17:45 NICFPS      74(1310)   -26  45   5.0/6.4     8   2 H2-2.12 0.85
 17:54 NA2gdr  -5435(39664)   -27  43   5.8/6.3     4   8 R+nd2   0.87
 18:56 NICFPS     149(1391)   -28  38   6.2/5.9    23  11 H2-2.12 0.86
 20:46 NICFPS     124(1296)   150  48   4.1/5.2   179   5 H2-2.12 0.86
 00:32 NICFPS      99(1229)   231  44   4.4/3.9   179  10 Ks      1.12
                ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
     ------------------------------------------------------------------
     16:01    43     9      0   144  (SE)    1475   clear      none
     17:01    42     6      1   336  (NNW)    956   clear      none
     18:01    43     5      4   355  (N)       86   clear      none
     19:01    43     6      9    40  (NE)      68   clear      none
     20:01    45     6      0    10  (N)       54   clear      none
     21:01    42     6      7   170  (S)      155 mstly cldy   cirrus
     22:01    43     6      6   173  (S)      273 mstly cldy   cirrus
     23:01    40     5      6   176  (S)      312 mstly cldy   cirrus
     00:01    41     6      9   178  (S)      159 mstly cldy   cirrus
     01:01    39     4      7   181  (S)      229 mstly cldy   cirrus
     02:01    39     5     12   176  (S)      762 mstly cldy   cirrus
     03:01    39     5      9   176  (S)     1410 mstly cldy   cirrus
     04:01    38     4      7   167  (SSE)   2069 mstly cldy   dust
     05:01    37     5     11   179  (S)     3777 mstly cldy   dust
     06:01    37     5     18   162  (SSE)   4535 mstly cldy   dust
     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