Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2006 07:35:35 -0600 (MDT)
From: Jack Dembicky
Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20061012
                        Apache Point Observatory
                        3.5m Telescope Night Log
                        Thursday, October 12, 2006
                                                          ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER     OBSERVER(S)              INSTRUMENT   START FINISH
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 J.Holtzman     R.Hamilton               Echelle      18:00  01:00
 G.Wolf-Chase   G.Wolf-Chse, M.Smutko    NICFPS       01:00  05:25
                R.Evans
 T.Murphy       R.McMillan               APOLLO       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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 NM05/R      19:27  06:12   0    0    0    0   2.5  2.2   0    0    0
 UC04/R      01:00  05:27   0    0    0    0    0   4.4   0    0    0
 DD04/O      05:27  06:12   0    0    0    0    0   0.7   0    0    0
  note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
                ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
 Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky
 SPIcam 184.3K start of night  180.7K end of night
 No problems with the Echelle tonight.
 No problems with NICFPS tonight.
 Couldn't FTP data off Tycho, PR submitted.
                       ------- FAILURE LOG -------
  PROG   INST   FAILURE MODE     TIME
       (SEDFNVOG)   TI/SHU    START  FINISH  DESCRIPTION
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              ---------------- FOCUS LOG ---------------
 Time Instrument      Focus    Az  El  Temp Strc Prim  Sec  Air filt FWHM
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 18:58  Echelle -199(-643)    -79  57  9.5  11.6 10.4 10.4  9.8  ND2  1.0
 19:52  Echelle -229(-758)    -78  70  9.2  10.4  9.6  9.7  9.2  ND2  0.8
 01:13  NICFPS   -100(553)    107  40  8.7   8.3  7.8  8.2  8.1  Ks   0.84
 05:39  APOLLO      0(847)     84  68  8.1   7.6  7.0  7.5  7.8  --
                ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    52    12      5   329  (NNW)     99    clear     none
     17:00    52     8      7   359    (N)     94    clear     none
     18:00    51     7      4   358    (N)     94    clear     none
     19:00    49    18      9     6    (N)    197    clear     none
     20:00    48    21      7   324   (NW)    276    clear     none
     21:00    47    26      3   262    (W)    359    clear     none
     22:00    48    25      5   244  (WSW)    378    clear     none
     23:00    48    22      2   250  (WSW)    259    clear     none
     00:00    48    26      6   266    (W)    261    clear     none
     01:00    48    28      7   282  (WNW)    266    clear     none
     02:00    47    29      7   266    (W)    315    clear     none
     03:00    46    28      9   257  (WSW)    287    clear     none
     04:00    46    28      7   260    (W)    285    clear     none
     05:00    46    28     12   275    (W)    292    clear     none
     06:00    46    27     13   282  (WNW)    241    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: 2.8.5
      Current TUI version: TUI 1.2