Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20071007
Date: Sun,  7 Oct 2007 06:58:59 -0600 (MDT)
From: bketzeba@apo.nmsu.edu (Bill Ketzeback)
                        Apache Point Observatory
                        3.5m Telescope Night Log
                       Saturday, October 6th, 2007
                                                         ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER     OBSERVER(S)              INSTRUMENT    START  FINISH
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 N.Silverstri   M.Agueros                DIS           18:30  00:58
 D.York         J.Barentine              Echelle,DIS   01:15  06:45
   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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 UW09/R     19:35  01:05    0    0    0    0   5.5   0    0    0    0
 UC04/R     01:05  06:08    0    0    0    0   2.6  2.4   0    0    0
  note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
                ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
 Observing Specialist: B.Ketzeback
 Az Vel Scales: Was 578.0 Measured:  574.0, changed to 574.0
 Clear skies with moderate to good seeing. No problems. Pointing errors
 due to switching the tertiary were larger than normal but still very
 correctable.
                       ------- 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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19:18 dis-slit -150( 272)   41  74  12.5 14.4 14.4 13.5 12.9 -    1.1
01:19 ECHELLE  -100(-696)  -99  61   9.3  9.3  9.8  8.9  9.3 nd2  1.3
02:21 dis-slit -169(   4)   96  76   8.8  8.7  9.2  8.0  8.4 -    1.3
                ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    63    45     22   206  (SSW)    820    clear     none
     17:00    61    41     19   218   (SW)    812    clear     none
     18:00    58    39     18   213  (SSW)    791    clear     none
     19:00    54    38     17   248  (WSW)    958    clear     none
     20:00    53    32     15   240  (WSW)   1145    clear     none
     21:00    52    29     15   238  (WSW)    871    clear     none
     22:00    52    27     14   269    (W)    749    clear     none
     23:00    51    27     17   289  (WNW)    760    clear     none
     00:00    50    26     11   271    (W)    788    clear     none
     01:00    49    26     10   270    (W)    894    clear     none
     02:00    48    27     13   276    (W)   1016    clear     none
     03:00    47    28     12   271    (W)   1194    clear     none
     04:00    46    31     14   280    (W)   1337 mstly clr    none
     05:00    45    31     11   286  (WNW)   1524 mstly clr    none
     06:00    43    32     12   303  (WNW)   1768 mstly clr    none
     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