Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20060423
Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 06:08:33 -0600 (MDT)
From: bketzeba@apo.nmsu.edu (Bill Ketzeback)
                        Apache Point Observatory
                        3.5m Telescope Night Log
                         Sunday, April 23, 2006
                                                         ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START FINISH
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 J.Frieman       D.Tucker,H.Lin,T.Diehl SPIcam         19:55  00:50
 A.Bender        A.Bender,E.Ellingson,  NIC            01:10  03:30
                 J.Jones,N.Alpers,H.Yee
  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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 UC03/R      20:36 01:00   1.0   0    0    0   3.4   0    0    0    0
 CU04/O      01:00 05:27   1.0  1.0   0    0   2.4   0    0    0    0
  note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
                ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
 Observing Specialist: B.Ketzeback
 Moderate to thick cloud cover with somewhat elevated dust counts. By 0330
 dust had climbed high enough that we closed. We never reopened.
                       ------- 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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 20:39 SPIcam      30(1243)    246 61  12.5/13.1  233  19   g     1.05
 20:45 NA2gdr      -4840(28159)248 59  12.4/12.9  264  13   R     1.03
 21:56 SPIcam      120(1269)   323 64  11.5/11.8  258  12   g     1.05
 01:34 nicfps      150(1431)   351 60  8.4/8.8    291  15   Ks    1.86
                ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     18:01    59    16     20   268  (W)     1385  mstly cldy  none
     19:01    59    15     21   230  (SW)    1443  mstly cldy  none
     20:01    55    12     11   239  (WSW)   1583  mstly cldy  none
     21:01    54    11     13   271  (W)     4007  mstly cldy dusty
     22:01    53     8     14   264  (W)     3390  mstly cldy dusty
     23:01    51     5     13   265  (W)     3090  mstly cldy dusty
     00:01    49     5     13   270  (W)     3173  mstly cldy dusty
     01:01    48     4     14   274  (W)     3689  mstly cldy dusty
     02:01    47     2     16   273  (W)     4758  mstly cldy dusty
     03:01    46     4     17   287  (WNW)   4836   cloudy    dusty
     04:01    44     6     21   290  (WNW)   6505   cloudy    dusty
     05:01    43     6     14   304  (NW)    5390   cloudy    dusty
     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: 2.8.3
      Current TUI version: TUI 1.1