Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2007 13:44:30 -0000 (UTC)
Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20071110
From: "Gabrelle Saurage"
                        Apache Point Observatory
                        3.5m Telescope Night Log
                       Saturday, November 10th, 2007
                                                         ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER     OBSERVER(S)             INSTRUMENT    START  FINISH
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Q.Hart          Q.Hart                  DIS,SPICAM    18:45  23:57
A.Mukadam       A.Mukadam               AGILE         00:10  06:40
   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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 CU03/R     18:01  00:05   0.7   0    0    0   5.4   0    0    0    0
 UW10/R     00:05  05:34    0    0    0    0   5.5   0    0    0    0
  note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
                ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialists: G.Saurage
AzVelScales: 586.6, 590.3 avg 588.4 (no change)
Local clouds and virga off the ridge delayed opening. Opened at 18:45 with
scattered clouds but no obvious threat. Seeing was poor first few hours
and improved as the sky cleared. Switched to SPICAM at 20:20, getting
subarc science images.
Without the focal reducer AGILE has an extremely different focus.
Switching from SPICAM to AGILE equated to almost a +600 micron change in
focus; which in turn, corresponds to a significant move to focus the NA2
guider (~25,000 steps).
Seeing became very unstable after 5:00 as a warm air mass moved over us.
                       ------- 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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 19:58 dis-slit  -275(-55) 352  33  7.3 8.7  8.5   8.0  7.5     1.4
 21:46 SPICAM    -110(145)   5  78  7.2 7.2  7.4   6.1  6.9     0.7
 22:30 SPICAM     -55(214)  44  47  7.0 6.9  7.2   6.0  6.7     0.7
 01:44 AGILE      520(478)  92  13  7.0 6.3  6.7   5.8  6.4     0.7
                ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    50    24     12   244  (WSW)   1112 mstly cldy   none
     17:00    47    24      7   215   (SW)   1063 mstly cldy   none
     18:00    47    24     10   222   (SW)   1221  ptly cldy   none
     19:00    45    24     10   235   (SW)   1035 mstly clr    none
     20:00    46    24      6   208  (SSW)   1087 mstly clr    none
     21:00    45    22      9   251  (WSW)    713 mstly clr    none
     22:00    44    21     11   268    (W)    822    clear     none
     23:00    44    21      9   270    (W)    629    clear     none
     00:00    45    19     11   266    (W)    395    clear     none
     01:00    44    20      9   263    (W)    404    clear     none
     02:00    44    20     12   243  (WSW)    398    clear     none
     03:00    43    23      7   238  (WSW)    505 mstly clr    none
     04:00    43    23      4   257  (WSW)    566    clear     none
     05:00    44    13      2   358    (N)    376    clear     none
     06:00    45    17      2   358    (N)   1003    clear     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 1.4.1