From: Russet McMillan
Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20061018
Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2006 07:20:12 -0600 (MDT)
                        Apache Point Observatory
                        3.5m Telescope Night Log
                       Wednesday, October 18, 2006
                                                          ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER     OBSERVER(S)              INSTRUMENT   START FINISH
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 G.Kacprzak     G.Kacprzak               DIS          --:--  --:--
 J.Frieman      R.McMillan               DIS          --:--  --:--
  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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 NM01/R      19:20  01:10  5.8   0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0
 NM04/W      01:10  06:17  3.7  1.5   0    0    0    0    0    0    0
  note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
                ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
1st Half Observing Specialist: G.Saurage
SPIcam temp was 179.4 at 18:30.
Snow & fog before sunset. Around 11pm the sky cleared and humidity began
to back down.
2nd Half Observing Specialist: R.McMillan
On inspection, we found the snow on the dome both dripping and
blowing.  Snow from trees was blowing onto the cloudcam while the
Sloan observers experimented with it.  The primary mirror was well
above freezing temperature, so we couldn't risk anything blowing onto
it.  The dome remained closed for the rest of the night while I
worked on some troubleshooting and retrieval of archived data.
                       ------- 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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                ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    39    39     21   203  (SSW)    599   cloudy     rain
     17:00    37    38     10   240  (WSW)  22901   cloudy     rain
     18:00    32    32     16   352    (N)   2072   cloudy   lt snow
     19:00    30    30      3    33  (NNE)    811   cloudy     snow
     20:00    31    31     15   270    (W)    515   cloudy     snow
     21:00    31    30     12   285  (WNW)    592   cloudy   lt snow
     22:00    32    29     19   282  (WNW)    336 mstly cldy   none
     23:00    31    29      9   336  (NNW)    144 mstly clr    none
     00:00    31    24     16   341  (NNW)    389    clear   blown snow
     01:00    31    28      8   349    (N)    190    clear   blown snow
     02:00    30    26      9    34   (NE)    211    clear   blown snow
     03:00    29    23     11    41   (NE)    209    clear   blown snow
     04:00    28    21     16    22  (NNE)    142    clear   blown snow
     05:00    29    21      6   359    (N)    145    clear   blown snow
     06:00    28    20      8    33  (NNE)    111    clear   blown snow
     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: 2.8.4
      Current TUI version: TUI 1.2