Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2006 07:02:52 -0700 (MST)
From: Jack Dembicky
Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20060119
                        Apache Point Observatory
                        3.5m Telescope Night Log
                       Thursday, January 19, 2006
                                                         ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START FINISH
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 J.Bary          J.Bary,D.Peterson      CorMASS        23:00 00:04
 P.Plotkin       P.Plotkin              NICFPS         00:13 05:25
 G.Wallerstein   G.Wallerstein          Echelle        05:25 07:05
  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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 DD02/O      18:20  00:10  4.0  0.8   0    0    0   1.1   0    0    0
 UW04/R      00:10  05:38   0    0    0    0    0   5.5   0    0    0
 UW13/R      05:38  06:08   0    0    0    0    0   0.5   0    0    0
  note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
                ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
 Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky
 Dust, Wind, and clouds kept us closed until 23:00.
 No problems tonight.
                      ------- 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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 23:11  CorMass     -75(494)  -80  51  -2.7/-1.6   268  24   Ks   1.3
 23:12  NA2gdr  -2914(26085)  -81  51  -2.7/-1.7   277  21   R    2.2
 00:31  NICFPS      225(949)  -25  76  -3.4/-3.4   271  17   H    1.5
 00:33  NA2gdr  -3141(39858)  -26  76  -3.2/-3.4   271  17   R    1.9
 05:36  Echelle    -12(-595)   -3  54  -6.5/-7.0   326  16  ND2   1.9
                ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:01    39    -4     40   255  (WSW)   5194   Cloudy    Dust
     17:01    37    -3     29   245  (WSW)   5898   Cloudy    Dust
     18:01    36    -1     32   254  (WSW)   8218   Cloudy    Dust
     19:01    34    -1     25   267  (W)     5568   Cloudy    Dust
     20:01    33     0     24   267  (W)     3300   Cloudy    Dust
     21:01    32     1     18   270  (W)     2624   Cloudy    Dust
     22:01    30     2     28   269  (W)     2319   Cloudy    Dust
     23:01    27     7     23   278  (W)     2341   Cirrus    none
     00:01    26     8     17   262  (W)     1622   Cirrus    none
     01:01    25     8     21   281  (W)     1745   Cirrus    none
     02:01    22    10     18   314  (NW)    1207   Cirrus    none
     03:01    22     8     15   318  (NW)    1084   Cirrus    none
     04:01    21     6     20   306  (NW)     884    Clear    none
     05:01    21     3     16    16  (NNE)    749    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 TCC version: 2.8
      Current TUI version: TUI 1.1