Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2006 04:35:16 -0600 (MDT)
From: Jack Dembicky
Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20060709
                        Apache Point Observatory
                        3.5m Telescope Night Log
                         Sunday, July 09, 2006
                                                         ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START FINISH
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 S.Beland        S.Beland, N.Cunningham NICFPS         20:50  00:45
                 J.Bally
 J.Bally         J.Bally                NICFPS         00:45   02:25
  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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 EN03/O      21:17 01:10    0   3.9   0    0    0    0    0    0    0
 CU01/O      01:10 05:01    0   2.6   0    0    0   1.3   0    0    0
  note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
                ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
 Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky
 Weather kept us closed for the first half of the night (we got on the
 sky just long enough to focus and acquire the first target before the
 clouds set in).  In dome engineering with the Argon lamp.
 We opened shortly before 1AM (1st half gave up to John).  We observed
 until around 02:25 when the clouds got a little to threatening and we
 couldn't get anymore useful science.  It started raining around 03:10 for
 about 25 mins.  We gave up at 04:10, as I could still feel a slight mist
 from the cloud over head (although conditions might be improving we had
 less than an hour before twilight).
                       ------- 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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 20:53  NICFPS      85(1904)  107  42  18.4/20.2   272   1    H   1.2
 00:52  NICFPS      50(1795)  -18  26  15.2/16.1   172  17  2.12  1.3
 01:07  NA2gdr  -2075(40924)  -22  25  15.1/15.8   171  16    R   1.4
 01:48  NICFPS     175(1701)  133  83  15.4/15.5   195  16  2.12  0.7
 01:55  NA2gdr  -1578(41421)  142  84  15.3/15.5   183  15    R   0.7
                ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
    ------------------------------------------------------------------
     18:00    72    42      2   228   (SW)    317   Pt. Cldy   none
     19:00    67    41      8   266    (W)    325   Pt. Cldy   none
     20:00    65    39      5   334  (NNW)    284   Mst. Cldy  none
     21:00    65    39      1   273    (W)    284    Cloudy    none
     22:00    62    47     15   153  (SSE)    499    Cloudy    none
     23:00    59    50     14   152  (SSE)    780    Cloudy    none
     00:00    59    49     20   142   (SE)    711   Mst. Cldy  none
     01:00    59    50     16   164  (SSE)    661   Pt. Cldy   none
     02:00    59    48     13   181    (S)    451   Mst. Cldy  none
     03:00    58    48     10   248  (WSW)    469    Cloudy    rain
     04:00    55    49      8   198  (SSW)   1005   Mst. Cldy  sprinkles
     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