Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 07:09:15 -0700 (MST)
From: Jack Dembicky
Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20061214
                        Apache Point Observatory
                        3.5m Telescope Night Log
                       Thursday, December 14, 2006
                                                          ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)             INSTRUMENT   START  FINISH
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 A.Becker        J.Dembicky              SPIcam       17:00   23:51
 I.Ivans         I.Ivans                 Echelle      23:51   05:19
 T.Murphy        R.McMillan              APOLLO       05:19   06:51
  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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 UW06/W      17:56  00:00   0    0    0    0   6.1   0    0    0    0
 PU03/R      00:00  05:19   0    0    0    0   2.3  3.0   0    0    0
 UW19/O      05:19  06:00   0    0    0    0    0   0.7   0    0    0
  note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
                ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
 Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky
 TR1 mirror cover gave me some problems opening this evening.  PR
 submitted.
 No problems other than pesky clouds during the first half.
 APOLLO reported a 30 arc sec change in pointing.
                       ------- 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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 18:33 SPIcam       -50(116)  69  63  5.7  6.4   5.1  5.5  5.5   r'  0.9
 18:40 NA2gdr   -3882(29117)  69  63  5.5  6.4   5.1  5.6  5.5   R   0.77
 19:53 SPIcam       -25(118) -22  56  5.0  5.2   4.5  4.8  4.8   r'  0.84
 23:54 Echelle     -68(-907) -73  69  5.3  4.3   3.7  4.1  5.2   ND2 0.9
 05:40 APOLLO       -50(759)  39  35  5.1  5.0   4.4  4.4  4.9   --  1.5
                ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:01    42    20      2     9    (N)    114    cirrus    none
     17:01    39    20      9   354    (N)    145    cirrus    none
     18:01    42    18     15    12  (NNE)     46    cirrus    none
     19:01    41    17     21    25  (NNE)     89    cirrus    none
     20:01    41    17     28    10    (N)     78    cirrus    none
     21:01    41    19     23    21  (NNE)     76    cirrus    none
     22:01    40    21     22    15  (NNE)    454    cirrus    none
     23:01    41    20     15    19  (NNE)    162    clear     none
     00:01    42    16     20    21  (NNE)    105    clear     none
     01:01    41    17     26    22  (NNE)    101    clear     none
     02:01    42    15     20    15  (NNE)     91    clear     none
     03:01    43    17     19    29  (NNE)     91    clear     none
     04:01    43    16     18    13  (NNE)     87    clear     none
     05:01    42     9     21    15  (NNE)    145    clear     none
     06:01    41    10     13    11    (N)    127   mst. 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: 2.8.5
      Current TUI version: TUI 1.2