Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20060424
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 05:59:39 -0600 (MDT)
From: bketzeba@apo.nmsu.edu (Bill Ketzeback)
                        Apache Point Observatory
                        3.5m Telescope Night Log
                         Monday, April 24, 2006
                                                         ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START FINISH
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 R.Wyse          D.Zucker              SPIcam          21:07  00:55
 M.Strauss       M.Shin                DIS             01:10  06:00
  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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 JH05/R      20:37 01:00   1.0   0    0    0   3.4   0    0    0    0
 PU06/R      01:00 05:26    0    0    0    0   3.9  0.5   0    0    0
  note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
                ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
 Observing Specialist: B.Ketzeback
 Mostly cloudy skies with elevated dust counts all night. Clouds thinned enough
 to open at 2100 but opacity remained highly variable.
                       ------- 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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 21:23 SPIcam      170(1230)   -20 56  8.2/9.3    277  13   r     1.24
 21:27 NA2gdr   -3000(30000)   -21 56  8.0/9.2    268  8    R     1.1
 22:19 SPIcam      360(1360)  -131 66  8.1/8.4    285  15   r     1.08
 01:16 dis-slit    230(1047)   -81 73  8.1/8.0    322  5    -     1.29
                ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
    ------------------------------------------------------------------
     16:01    50     4     19   270  (W)     3696  mstly cldy  dusty
     17:01    52     8     15   253  (WSW)   3740  mstly cldy  dusty
     18:01    52     8     15   250  (WSW)   3836  mstly cldy  dusty
     19:01    52     7     20   263  (W)     3725  mstly cldy  dusty
     20:01    48     3     13   264  (W)     3567  mstly cldy  dusty
     21:01    47     3     14   267  (W)     3614  mstly cldy  dusty
     22:01    46     2      9   294  (WNW)   3434  mstly cldy  dusty
     23:01    47     2     15   282  (WNW)   3038  mstly cldy  dusty
     00:01    47     3     14   289  (WNW)   3042  mstly cldy  dusty
     01:01    47     2      7   335  (NNW)   2989  mstly cldy  dusty
     02:01    47     2      9   325  (NW)    2919  mstly cldy  dusty
     03:01    47     2     10   315  (NW)    2833  mstly cldy  dusty
     04:01    46     1     13   296  (WNW)   2857  mstly cldy  dusty
     05:01    46     1      9   269  (W)     3163  mstly cldy  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