Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20060312
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 05:24:41 -0700 (MST)
From: bketzeba@apo.nmsu.edu (Bill Ketzeback)
                        Apache Point Observatory
                        3.5m Telescope Night Log
                         Sunday, March 12, 2006
                                                         ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START FINISH
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 L.Walkowicz     L.Walkowicz            DIS            19:30  21:30
                                                       22:30  23:58
 P.Lim           P.Lim                  Echelle        00:05  01:10
  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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 UW12/R      19:02 00:10    0   1.5   0    0    0   3.6   0    0    0
 NM04/R      00:10 05:23    0   4.1   0    0    0   1.1   0    0    0
  note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
                ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
 Observing Specialist: B.Ketzeback, G.Saurage
 Lots of cloud watching again tonight. Dust and high winds kept us closed
 until 19:30 then clouds became too thick at 21:30 and again at 01:10. We
 stayed open waiting for a hole or break in the clouds that never came.
 The wind started to pickup again just before 05:00.
                      ------- FAILURE LOG -------
  PROG   INST   FAILURE MODE     TIME
       (SEDFNVOG)    TI/SHU   START  FINISH  DESCRIPTION
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                ---------------- FOCUS LOG ---------------
                                        Air/Truss   Wind
 Time   Instrument   Focus     Az  El    Temp-C    Dir MPH  filt  FWHM
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 19:55 dis-slit    -150(213)   188 39  -6.7/-5.1  281  18   -     2.98
 00:18 Echelle     -17(-687)   186 75  -7.3/-7.8  333  24   nd2   2.16
                ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
    ------------------------------------------------------------------
     16:01    24    16     36   278  (W)    18795 prtly cldy   dust, windy
     17:01    23    14     26   280  (W)     7769 prtly cldy   dust, windy
     18:01    22    12     35   294  (WNW)   7844 prtly cldy   dust, windy
     19:01    21     8     18   258  (WSW)   1792 prtly cldy   none
     20:01    20     2     15   280  (W)     1000 prtly cldy   none
     21:01    19    -4     22   294  (WNW)    584  cloudy      none
     22:01    20    -2      3   306  (NW)     276  cloudy      none
     23:01    20     2     14   352  (N)      466 prtly cldy   none
     00:01    19     4     20   324  (NW)     475 prtly cldy   none
     01:01    18    -7     11   322  (NW)     253 mstly cldy   none
     02:01    18    -3     20   338  (NNW)    434  cloudy      none
     03:01    19     5     11   316  (NW)     682  cloudy      none
     04:01    19     8     20   308  (NW)    1048  cloudy      none
     05:01    19    11     17   314  (NW)    1470  cloudy      gusty
     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
      Current TUI version: TUI 1.2a1