Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20060724
Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2006 07:05:52 -0600 (MDT)
From: bketzeba@apo.nmsu.edu (Bill Ketzeback)
                        Apache Point Observatory
                        3.5m Telescope Night Log
                         Monday, July 24, 2006
                                                         ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START FINISH
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 H.Chen          H.Chen,D.York          GFP            20:20 03:15
  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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 UC02/R      21:08 05:12   2.0   0    0    0   6.1   0    0    0    0
  note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
                ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
 Observing Specialist: B.Ketzeback
 Variable cloud cover all night. At 0315 radar returns as close as Ruidoso
 were noted and cloud cover was quickly increasing. I elected to close.
 Within 20 minutes it started to rain. No other problems.
                       ------- 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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 21:29 gfp         300(1714)   125 65  17.6/18.1  132  14   4253  0.94
 23:46 gfp         150(1502)   273 62  16.2/16.5  148  17   4253  1.4
 01:27 gfp         150(1441)   143 65  14.8/15.1  150  15   4313  2.0
                ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    70    44      7   238  (WSW)    751   cloudy     rain
     17:00    67    43      1   211  (SSW)    878   cloudy     none
     18:00    71    43      7   237  (WSW)    574 mstly cldy   none
     19:00    69    37     12   193  (SSW)    467  ptly cldy   none
     20:00    66    36     10   193  (SSW)    458 mstly clr    none
     21:00    64    40     13   160  (SSE)    611  ptly cldy   none
     22:00    63    40     21   131   (SE)    581  ptly cldy   none
     23:00    62    39     20   132   (SE)    580 mstly cldy   none
     00:00    61    39     20   148  (SSE)    547  ptly cldy   none
     01:00    59    40     19   145   (SE)    548  ptly cldy   none
     02:00    59    40     16   155  (SSE)    562 mstly cldy   none
     03:00    62    40     15   180    (S)    526   cloudy     none
     04:00    59    40     13   126   (SE)    516   cloudy     rain
     05:00    56    46     10   214   (SW)    550   cloudy   lt rain
     06:00    60    42      4   258  (WSW)    400 mstly cldy   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