From: Russet McMillan
Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20060825
Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2006 05:14:22 -0600 (MDT)
                        Apache Point Observatory
                        3.5m Telescope Night Log
                        Friday, August 25, 2006
                                                          ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER     OBSERVER(S)              INSTRUMENT   START FINISH
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 M.Shin         M.Shin,M.Oguri           DIS          --:--  --:--
 A.Bender       A.Bender                 NICFPS       --:--  --:--
  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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 PU02/R      20:32  01:10  4.4  0.2   0    0    0    0    0    0    0
 CU03/R      01:10  05:38  4.5   0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0
  note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
                ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
 1st Half Observing Specialist: G.Saurage
 Nearby rain and lightning kept us from opening at sunset. It was raining
 soon after. Rain and/or high humidity until a little after 11pm. Humidity
 dropped after 11:30 but radar still displayed considerable threats nearby.
 2nd Half Observing Specialist: R.McMillan
 Skies were partially clearing at the beginning of second half, but
 radar showed potential threats nearby.  The observer reported that
 the count levels in her dark images were unusually low.  In the
 pursuit of this puzzle, I rebooted the NIC-FPS ICC and it failed to
 come up again.  It appears to be a serious problem with the computer
 itself.  After multiple tries and a couple of phone calls, I had to
 declare the instrument unusable.
 By the time I had a backup program ready, the radar threats had
 dissipated but the humidity was too high.  For the remainder of the
 night, we had mostly-clear skies and high humidity.
                       ------- FAILURE LOG -------
  PROG   INST   FAILURE MODE     TIME
       (SEDFNVOG)   TI/SHU    START  FINISH  DESCRIPTION
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  CU03    N          I/S      --:--  --:--   NIC ICC dead
                ---------------- FOCUS LOG ---------------
                                        Air/Truss   Wind
  Time   Instrument   Focus     Az  El    Temp-C    Dir MPH  filt  FWHM
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                ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    66    49     11   262    (W)    389 mstly clr    none
     17:00    66    50      7   276    (W)    309  ptly cldy   none
     18:00    66    51     11   235   (SW)    325 mstly cldy   none
     19:00    60    49      7   225   (SW)    356   cloudy     rain
     20:00    58    51      2   193  (SSW)    418 mstly cldy   rain
     21:00    54    45      3   283  (WNW)    324   cloudy   lt rain
     22:00    51    47     11    78  (ENE)    214 mstly cldy  humid
     23:00    51    47     12    82    (E)    453 mstly cldy  humid
     00:00    57    46      1   355    (N)    284 mstly clr    none
     01:00    56    46      1   254  (WSW)    289 mstly clr    none
     02:00    54    47      7   183    (S)    284 mstly clr   humid
     03:00    50    48      5   127   (SE)    325  ptly cldy  humid
     04:00    52    48      6   190    (S)    356  ptly cldy  humid
     05:00    52    51      6   195  (SSW)    459  ptly cldy  humid
     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