From: Russet McMillan
Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20061007
Date: Sun,  8 Oct 2006 05:20:29 -0600 (MDT)
                        Apache Point Observatory
                        3.5m Telescope Night Log
                        Saturday, October 7, 2006
                                                          ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER     OBSERVER(S)              INSTRUMENT   START FINISH
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 J.Holtzman      J.Holtzman & students    NICFPS       --:--  --:--
 T.Murphy        R.McMillan               Apollo       --:--  --:--
 Y.Lin           Y.Lin                    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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 NM03/O      19:33  01:10   0    5.6   0    0    0    0    0    0    0
 DD04/O      01:10  02:40   0    1.5   0    0    0    0    0    0    0
 PU02/R      02:40  06:09   0    3.5   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 183.9 at 17:40.
 Complete overcast with radar returns moving into the area at 5:30pm.
 Raining at 6:00, socked in fog at sunset. Raining most of 1st half.
 Holtzman's class was able to do some NICFPS cals and test some dither
 scripts.
 2nd Half Observing Specialist: R.McMillan
 Clouds, rain, and fog second half.  I told the APOLLO spotters not
 to bother coming in and sent the second half observer to bed.  I did
 some laser testing and then racked up some more hours scratching my
 head over recent perplexing focus data.  I imagined a trend and made
 a change to the focus vs. temperature algorithm accordingly.
 Tomorrow I may imagine a different trend.
                       ------- 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    52    45     10   138   (SE)    563   cloudy     none
     17:00    51    45     17   136   (SE)    591   cloudy    humid
     18:00    49    42      1   189    (S)    274   cloudy   lt rain
     19:00    44    44     15     8    (N)   9249   cloudy     fog
     20:00    44    44      0    23  (NNE)    218   cloudy   rain,fog
     21:00    45    44      4   182    (S)    929   cloudy   rain,fog
     22:00    46    45      5   122  (ESE)    709   cloudy   rain,fog
     23:00    44    45      5   186    (S)   8025   cloudy   rain,fog
     00:00    44    44      3   224   (SW)    197   cloudy   rain,fog
     01:00    44    44      8   177    (S)    104   cloudy   rain,fog
     02:00    43    44     12   217   (SW)   4864   cloudy   rain,fog
     03:00    43    44     14   219   (SW)   5434   cloudy   rain,fog
     04:00    43    44      7   225   (SW)   8161   cloudy   rain,fog
     05:00    43    43      3   301  (WNW)    244   cloudy   rain,fog
     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