Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20061005
Date: Fri,  6 Oct 2006 07:39:33 -0600 (MDT)
From: bketzeba@apo.nmsu.edu (Bill Ketzeback)
                        Apache Point Observatory
                        3.5m Telescope Night Log
                        Thursday, October 5, 2006
                                                          ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER     OBSERVER(S)              INSTRUMENT   START FINISH
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 J.Smith        J.Bary,J.Smith,C.Franks  Cormass      19:30  21:36
 T.Murphy       R.Mcmillan               Apollo       --:--  --:--
 M.Strauss      X.Fan                    Nicfps       --:--  --:--
  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      19:36 01:10    0   3.6   0    0    0   2.0   0    0    0
 DD04/O      01:10 02:40    0   1.5   0    0    0    0    0    0    0
 PU01/R      02:40 06:08    0   3.5   0    0    0    0    0    0    0
  note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
                ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
 Observing Specialist: B.Ketzeback
 Open for 2 hours under borderline conditions until the dewpoint
 depression dropped below the limit until 0400 but clouds kept us
 closed for the remainder of the night.
                       ------- 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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19:38 cormass     100(36)   97  77  9.9  10.3 10.6 10.6 9.8   -     2.0
                ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    57    41      8   105  (ESE)    420 mstly clr    none
     17:00    56    42     14   113  (ESE)    428  ptly cldy   none
     18:00    53    44     12    82    (E)    527  ptly cldy   none
     19:00    50    45     16   113  (ESE)    605  ptly cldy   none
     20:00    50    45     17    85    (E)    645  ptly cldy   none
     21:00    49    45     17    93    (E)    622 mstly cldy  humid
     22:00    49    46     17   113  (ESE)    668 mstly cldy  humid
     23:00    49    45     13   115  (ESE)    651 mstly cldy  humid
     00:00    49    45     19   127   (SE)    698 mstly cldy  humid
     01:00    49    45     19   120  (ESE)    603  ptly cldy  humid
     02:00    48    45     22   123  (ESE)    560 mstly cldy  humid
     03:00    48    44     18   117  (ESE)    548 mstly cldy  humid
     04:00    48    43     21   136   (SE)    514 mstly cldy  humid
     05:00    48    42     21   145   (SE)    486   cloudy     none
     06:00    48    44     19   136   (SE)    523   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.
                              TELESCOPE STATUS
      Telescope drives operational. Current TCC version: 2.8.4
      Current TUI version: TUI 1.2