Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2007 07:07:35 -0600 (MDT)
From: Jack Dembicky
Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20071010
                         Apache Point Observatory
                         3.5m Telescope Night Log
                         Wednesday, October 10, 2007
                                                           ACTUAL
  ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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 J.Greene         J.Greene               SPIcam         00:05  01:00
 B.Balick         K.Kwitter              DIS            01:09  04:40
 N.Chanover       N.Chanover             Echelle        04:40  05:10
   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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 PU01/R     19:30   01:05   4.6   0    0    0   1.0   0    0    0    0
 UW06/R     01:05   04:46    0    0   0.5   0   3.2   0    0    0    0
 NM01/R     04:45   06:11   0.4   0    0    0   0.5   0    0    0    0
   note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
                ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
 Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky
 AZ Vel Scale was 580.0  Measured 586.9 No Change Made
 Clouds, wind, lightning, and rain kept us closed until midnight.
 At 3:17 rotator overcurrented.  Then when I got it working again the
 slitviewer hung on us.  It took a while as I had to get the guidestar
 back in the same position where it was before the rotator overcurrented.
 Just as Nancy started her program the humidity started to rise.  We
 flirted at the closure limits.  We closed at 05:10 due to humidity and
 gave up at 06:25.
                       ------- FAILURE LOG -------
  PROG   INST   FAILURE MODE     TIME
       (SEDFNVOG)   TI/SHU    START  FINISH  DESCRIPTION
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 UW06      D         T/H      03:17  03:47   Rotator overcurrent
               ---------------- FOCUS LOG ---------------
 Time  Instrument  Focus    Az  El  Temp Strc Prim  Sec  Air  filt FWHM
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 00:10 SPIcam    -70(465)   -3  57  12.7 13.5 12.9  12.5 12.6  g'   2.0
 01:15 DISSlit  -100(272) -101  43  12.6 12.7 13.2  11.8 12.3  --   1.3
 04:46 Echelle -118(-627)   72  60  10.7 11.3 11.7  10.4 10.9  ND2  1.4
                 ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    63    50     10   263    (W)    905  Mst. cldy   none
     17:00    64    49     10   262    (W)    888  Mst. cldy   none
     18:00    61    48      3   241  (WSW)    869  Mst. cldy   none
     19:00    56    48      4   263    (W)    993    cldy      rain
     20:00    56    47     14   269    (W)    914    cldy      none
     21:00    49    40     18    30  (NNE)    770    cldy      none
     22:00    53    36     13    36   (NE)    271    cldy      none
     23:00    57    37      6   337  (NNW)    632    cldy      none
     00:00    54    41      8   225   (SW)    808  pt. cldy    none
     01:00    54    44      9   238  (WSW)   1038    clear     none
     02:00    55    45      8   268    (W)   1413    clear     none
     03:00    54    47      9   235   (SW)   1918    clear     none
     04:00    54    47      8   261    (W)   1364    clear     none
     05:00    52    48      7   203  (SSW)   1320    clear     humid
     06:00    51    48      7   267    (W)   1472    clear     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: 2.9.1
      Current TUI version: TUI 1.4.1