Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20070111
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2007 06:21:04 -0700 (MST)
From: bketzeba@apo.nmsu.edu (Bill Ketzeback)
                        Apache Point Observatory
                        3.5m Telescope Night Log
                       Thursday, January 11, 2007
                                                          ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)             INSTRUMENT   START  FINISH
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A.Becker         A.Becker                SPIcam       --:--  --:--
S.Anderson       S.Anderson,D.Haggard    SPIcam       01:15  03:05
  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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UW02/R       18:13 00:00   5.8   0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0
UW06/R       00:00 06:09   1.0  3.3   0    0    0   1.8   0    0    0
  note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
                ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
 Observing Specialist: B.Ketzeback
The dewpoint split finally grew enough that we could open by 0115.
Less than 2 hours later it again dropped and we were forced to
close. The humidity remained high for the remainder of the night.
                       ------- 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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01:29 SPIcam     30(59)   187  77   1.8  2.5  2.0  2.1  1.8  r    0.78
01:35 NA2gdr -3999(31100) 193  77   1.5  2.3  1.9  1.9  1.7 R+nd2 0.73
                ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:02    36    34     14   216   (SW)    627   cloudy    humid
     17:02    36    34     16   221   (SW)    615   cloudy    humid
     18:02    36    34     19   217   (SW)    667   cloudy    humid
     19:02    36    33     18   229   (SW)    851   cloudy    humid
     20:02    37    33     16   227   (SW)    879   cloudy    humid
     21:02    37    33     17   217   (SW)    867   cloudy    humid
     22:02    37    33     18   207  (SSW)    851 mstly cldy  humid
     23:02    37    33     24   215   (SW)    886  ptly cldy  humid
     00:02    36    31     18   211  (SSW)    864    clear    humid
     01:02    35    28     24   215   (SW)    710    clear     none
     02:02    33    28     20   240  (WSW)    606  ptly cldy  humid
     03:02    33    29     18   261    (W)    760 mstly cldy  humid
     04:02    33    30     16   261    (W)    860 mstly cldy  humid
     05:02    32    30     17   220   (SW)    894   cloudy    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: 2.8.5
      Current TUI version: TUI 1.2