Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20061108
Date: Thu,  9 Nov 2006 06:18:37 -0700 (MST)
From: bketzeba@apo.nmsu.edu (Bill Ketzeback)
                         Apache Point Observatory
                         3.5m Telescope Night Log
                         Wednesday, November 8, 2006
      ACTUAL
  ASTRONOMER     OBSERVER(S)              INSTRUMENT   START FINISH
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  Y.Lin          Y.Lin                     NicFps      17:30 23:55
  I.Ivans        I.Ivans                   Echelle     00:10 06:10
    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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  PU02/R       18:02 00:00    0    0    0    0   1.7  4.3   0    0    0
  PU03/R       00:00 05:33    0    0    0    0    0   5.6   0    0    0
   note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
                 ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
 Observing Specialist: B.Ketzeback
 Tested out a new alpha version of TUI tonight. Wrote up a few problem
 reports associated with bugs that I found. Otherwise it was a problem
 free night. The DIS Red Camera work appears to be progressing nicely.
                        ------- 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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17:36 nicfps     -40(746)  174  78  12.2 13.1 12.5 12.7 12.1  Ks    0.7
20:30 nicfps     -70(693)  113  42  12.7 11.3 10.7 11.3 11.6  Ks    1.1
00:17 Echelle   -21(-593)  207  79  12.0 11.0 10.4 11.2 11.7  nd2   0.69
                 ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                  Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:01    56    21      7   358    (N)     91    clear     none
     17:01    55    16      9   359    (N)     43    clear     none
     18:01    55    17      5   359    (N)     53    clear     none
     19:01    54    17      3   357    (N)     42    clear     none
     20:01    52    21      8     4    (N)     72    clear     none
     21:01    51    23      6   356    (N)    109    clear     none
     22:01    51    26      5   286  (WNW)    192    clear     none
     23:01    53    24      6   238  (WSW)    197    clear     none
     00:01    54    24      5   265    (W)    130    clear     none
     01:01    52    21      5   262    (W)    166    clear     none
     02:01    50    25      8   222   (SW)    242    clear     none
     03:01    50    26      6   267    (W)    232    clear     none
     04:01    49    27     11   295  (WNW)    286    clear     none
     05:01    48    28      8   282  (WNW)    296    clear     none
     06:01    47    21      5   266    (W)    383    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