Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2006 13:07:45 -0000 (UTC)
Subject: [apo-staff] 3.5m Night Log 20061124
From: "Gabrelle Saurage"
                        Apache Point Observatory
                        3.5m Telescope Night Log
                        Friday, November 24, 2006
                                                          ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)             INSTRUMENT   START  FINISH
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 M.Klaene        G.Saurage                Fastcam      --:--  --:--
 J.Barentine     J.Barentine              DIS          23:55  06:45
  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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EN01/W      17:55  00:00  3.7  2.4   0    0    0    0   0    0    0
UC07/R      00:00  05:46   0    0    0    0   5.8   0   0    0    0
  note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
                ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: G.Saurage
Ominous gray clouds hovering over us at sunset, and local radar returns to
accompany the dark sky delayed opening. Raining at 18:00. Complete
overcast and local radar returns most of 1st half. About 23:00 the radar
cleared, 23:30 the sky was improving. We opened at 23:50.
Used the new DIS slit focus script. Seems to work quite well.
Skies mostly cleared by 1:00, staying fair the rest of the evening.
                       ------- 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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00:30 DISslit   -74(-74)  175  70  5.5  5.4  4.8   5.2  4.9   --   1.0
03:20 DISslit  -141(-216) 171  66  3.5  3.2  2.7   3.4  3.0   --   1.4
                ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:01    45    20     14   180    (S)    917 mstly cldy   none
     17:01    44    19     17   166  (SSE)    904   cloudy     none
     18:01    44    21     12   191    (S)    881   cloudy   lt rain
     19:01    44    21     13   176    (S)   1043   cloudy     none
     20:01    43    21     10   174    (S)   1081   cloudy     none
     21:01    44    20     17   186    (S)   1110 mstly cldy   none
     22:01    43    20     13   189    (S)   1068 mstly cldy   none
     23:01    44    18     16   187    (S)    826 mstly cldy   none
     00:01    43    18     17   206  (SSW)    912 mstly clr    none
     01:01    42    19     11   233   (SW)   1127    clear     none
     02:01    40    19      9   232   (SW)   1228    clear     none
     03:01    39    20     11   216   (SW)   1719    clear     none
     04:01    39    19     12   266    (W)    868    clear     none
     05:01    38    19     10   264    (W)    905    clear     none
     06:01    37    18     10   266    (W)    705    clear     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