Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20061028
Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2006 07:04:06 -0700 (MST)
From: bketzeba@apo.nmsu.edu (Bill Ketzeback)
                        Apache Point Observatory
                        3.5m Telescope Night Log
                        Saturday, October 28, 2006
                                                          ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER     OBSERVER(S)              INSTRUMENT   START FINISH
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 J.Frieman      D.McGinnis               DIS          19:00  01:10
 B.Williams     B.Williams               DIS          01:10  06:15
  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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 UC01/R      19:10  01:10   0    0    0    0   1.7  4.3   0    0    0
 UW01/R      01:10  05:24   0    0    0    0   5.2   0    0    0    0
  note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
                ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
1st Half Observing Specialist: G.Saurage
Clear skies at sunset. Thin clouds moved in around 22:00. Seeing
deteriorated some, but held in there at about 1.3. All enclosure temps
reporting properly.
2nd Half Observing Specialist: B.Ketzeback
Skies cleared shortly after midnight until 0430. No problems to report.
                       ------- 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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19:45 DISslit  -400(-37)   28  54  6.8  8.4  7.4   7.6  6.9   -  1.3
20:55 DISslit  -275(-169) -52  44  7.6  7.4  6.7   7.3  6.9   -  1.2
22:00 DISslit  -100(4)    -48  46  8.0  7.2  6.7   7.3  7.4   -  1.3
23:35 DISslit   -50(54)   -57  41  8.3  7.1  6.7   7.1  7.4   -  1.5
01:10 dis-slit  -50(41)   298  66  8.0  7.5  7.0   7.5  7.7   -  1.1
02:46 dis-slit  -75(43)   301  38  8.1  7.6  7.2   7.3  7.9   -  1.2
                ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:01    51    22      6   273    (W)    196    clear     none
     17:01    49    25      7   286  (WNW)    262    clear     none
     18:01    49    15      7   307   (NW)    147    clear     none
     19:01    45   -13     11   331  (NNW)     69    clear     none
     20:01    45   -11     10   331  (NNW)     82    clear     none
     21:01    46   -13      6   285  (WNW)     57    clear     none
     22:01    47   -14      7   325   (NW)     44 mstly clr    none
     23:01    47   -16      8   318   (NW)     22 mstly clr    none
     00:01    47   -17      9   312   (NW)     27 mstly clr    none
     01:01*   47   -13      6   273    (W)     42    clear     none
     01:01    46   -19      9   297  (WNW)     84    clear     none
     02:01    46    -5     11   278    (W)     66    clear     none
     03:01    46     3      9   293  (WNW)     75 mstly clr    none
     04:01    47     1     10   290  (WNW)     45   cloudy     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.
     *Daylights sxavings time
                              TELESCOPE STATUS
      Telescope drives operational. Current TCC version: 2.8.4
      Current TUI version: TUI 1.2