Date: Sat, 7 Oct 2006 11:58:36 -0000 (UTC)
Subject:  [apo-staff] 3.5m Night Log 20061006
From: "Gabrelle Saurage"
                        Apache Point Observatory
                        3.5m Telescope Night Log
                        Friday, October 6, 2006
                                                          ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER     OBSERVER(S)              INSTRUMENT   START FINISH
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 L.Ciupik       L.Ciupik                 Spicam       19:04  20:00
 J.Holtzman     J.Holtzman & students    Echelle,     20:00  01:00
                                         Spicam,NICFPS
 M.Strauss      X.Fan                    NICFPS       01:00  05:30
  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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 UC08/R      19:35  20:05   0    0    0    0    0   0.5   0    0    0
 NM03/O      20:05  01:10   0    0    0    0    0   5.0   0    0    0
 PU01/R      01:10  06:08   0   5.0   0    0    0    0    0    0    0
  note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
                ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: G.Saurage
SPIcam temp was 184.7 at 17:30.
Thin clouds and high winds all 1st half. Seeing was moderate to poor.
Closed at 1:18am due to complete overcast, no stars visible on instrument
or guide camera. Radar returns from a system moving in from the west were
also getting too close for comfort. Raining at 2:00am.
Opened again at 4:30 when the sky had cleared up somewhat. But given the
patchiness of clear sky and the bright moon, useful data was not really
possible. Observer gave up at 5:30.
NIC-FPS was left mounted at NA2 as per J.Holtzman’s request, with NM03
given permissions for day use of both NIC-FPS and Echelle.
SPIcam temp was 180.4 at 05:45.
                       ------- 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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20:05 Echelle   100( )  –16  55  10.8 11.0 10.5  10.9 10.6  ND1  0.9
04:42 Echelle  225(473) –35  52   9.2  9.2  8.6   9.2  9.0   J   1.4
                ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    55    38     21   148  (SSE)    476  ptly cldy   none
     17:00    54    39     22   161  (SSE)    458  ptly cldy   none
     18:00    53    37     23   141   (SE)    478  ptly cldy   none
     19:00    51    36     26   143   (SE)    449  ptly cldy   none
     20:00    51    38     19   154  (SSE)    519 mstly clr    none
     21:00    51    39     25   138   (SE)    555  ptly cldy   none
     22:00    50    40     25   141   (SE)    535  ptly cldy   none
     23:00    50    39     19   129   (SE)    670  ptly cldy   none
     00:00    49    38     19   149  (SSE)    567  ptly cldy   none
     01:00    50    37     18   216   (SW)    517 mstly clr    none
     02:00    50    38     16   194  (SSW)    560 mstly clr  lt rain
     03:00    49    36     19   169    (S)    499 mstly clr   humid
     04:00    48    40     18   181    (S)    680 mstly clr    none
     05:00    49    39     17   186    (S)    631 mstly clr    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