Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20071102
Date: Sat,  3 Nov 2007 09:22:38 -0700 (MST)
From: bketzeba@apo.nmsu.edu (Bill Ketzeback)
                        Apache Point Observatory
                        3.5m Telescope Night Log
                        Friday, November 2, 2007
                                                         ACTUAL
  ASTRONOMER     OBSERVER(S)             INSTRUMENT    START  FINISH
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 B.Williams      B.Williams              DIS           18:00  01:00
 J.Bally      A.Ginsburg,G.Stringfellow  Nicfps        01:15  06:00
 T.Murphy        R.McMillan              Apollo        06:05  07:14
   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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 UW04/R     19:06  01:05    0    0    0    0   6.0   0    0    0    0
 EN02/R     01:05  05:58    0    0    0    0   0.5  4.4   0    0    0
 DD02/R     05:58  06:28    0    0    0    0    0   0.5  0.8   0    0
  note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
                ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
 Observing Specialist: B.Ketzeback
 The wind was moderate to high from the east all night. This resulted
 in terrible seeing conditions (2 - 5 arcseonds) in the optical and
 moderate seeing conditions in the near-IR second half. Seeing was
 moderate to poor for the APOLLO run. This morning at 0400, a scheduled
 power outtage for all of Ottero County lasted for about 30
 minutes. The generator kicked on after about 30 seconds and tripped
 a few alrams as well as stopping the telescope drives. Recovery was
 quick and no downtime will be counted. A variety of engineering tests
 were run with nicfps second half including not such successful testing
 of the etalon on the sky. We did not appear to see any troubles related
 to instrument rotation that were experienced the last 2 nicfps runs
 however there are still instances when the resets/continuous clears
 of the chip appear to not happen and background levels slowly build up
 towards saturation.
                       ------- 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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 19:09 dis-slit -331( -34)    35  75   7.0 11.4 10.7  9.6  8.2   -   1.4
 01:40 NICFPS    -84( 300)   263  72   2.6  2.0  1.9  1.8  2.3   Ks  1.1
                ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    58    24      7   224   (SW)   1733    clear     none
     17:00    55    22      7   240  (WSW)   1548    clear     none
     18:00    50    21      4   182    (S)   1629    clear     none
     19:00    45    24      9    87    (E)   2239    clear     none
     20:00    43    25     19    78  (ENE)   2916    clear     none
     21:00    42    21     20    84    (E)   3041    clear     none
     22:00    40    21     16    70  (ENE)   2326    clear     none
     23:00    36    20     19    84    (E)   2733    clear     none
     00:00    35    21     18    79    (E)   3132    clear     none
     01:00    36    22     10    92    (E)   3335    clear     none
     02:00    37    23      9    90    (E)   3252    clear     none
     03:00    36    24     12    81    (E)   3356    clear     none
     04:00    40    24      4   105  (ESE)   2958    clear     none
     05:00    42    24      5    96    (E)   2465    clear     none
     06:00    43    24      9   173    (S)   2274    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