Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20060923
Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2006 06:22:47 -0600 (MDT)
From: bketzeba@apo.nmsu.edu (Bill Ketzeback)
                        Apache Point Observatory
                        3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Saturday, September 23, 2006
                                                          ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER     OBSERVER(S)              INSTRUMENT   START FINISH
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 G.Kacprzak     G.Kacprzak               DIS          --:--  --:--
 Q.Hart         Q.Hart                   SPIcam       --:--  --:--
  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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 NM04/R      19:52 01:10   5.3   0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0
 CU02/R      01:10 05:59   4.8   0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0
  note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
                ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
 Observing Specialist: B.Ketzeback
 Overcast skies with short lived sucker holes. Around midnight the
 dewpoint split dropped below the closure limit and remainded that
 way for the rest of the night.
 I spent the night on an IDL graphical user interface for a nicfps
 quick-look data reduction package for the new visitor machine
 which will soon replace tycho.
                       ------- FAILURE LOG -------
  PROG   INST   FAILURE MODE     TIME
       (SEDFNVOG)   TI/SHU    START  FINISH  DESCRIPTION
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                ---------------- FOCUS LOG ---------------
 Time   Instrument   Focus   Az  El  Temp  Strc Prim Sec Air 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    52    41     11   270    (W)    557   cloudy     none
     17:00    51    40      9   273    (W)    650   cloudy     none
     18:00    52    41     13   275    (W)    634   cloudy     none
     19:00    47    41      9   316   (NW)    708 mstly cldy   none
     20:00    48    41     10   277    (W)    765 mstly cldy   none
     21:00    48    42      7   268    (W)    846   cloudy    humid
     22:00    47    42      7   264    (W)    899   cloudy    humid
     23:00    47    42      1   201  (SSW)    799 mstly cldy  humid
     00:00    47    42      7   181    (S)    772   cloudy    humid
     01:00    44    41      8   107  (ESE)    738   cloudy    humid
     02:00    40    38     16   118  (ESE)    766   cloudy    humid
     03:00    39    36     16    70  (ENE)    712   cloudy   lt rain
     04:00    37    36     11    80    (E)    354 mstly cldy  humid
     05:00    38    37      7    89    (E)    367   cloudy    humid
     06:00    39    37      7    99    (E)    547 mstly 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