Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2007 06:59:15 -0700 (MST)
From: Jack Dembicky
Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20071219
                         Apache Point Observatory
                         3.5m Telescope Night Log
                        Wednesday, December 19, 2007
                                                           ACTUAL
  ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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 T.Murphy         R.McMillan             APOLLO         16:50  18:05
 J.Fulbright      J.Fulbright, G.Ruchti  Echelle        18:05  06:58
   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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 DD02/R       17:58  18:08   0    0    0    0    0   0.2  1.0   0    0
 JH02/R       18:08  06:02   0    0    0    0   2.8  9.1   0    0    0
   note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
                ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
 Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky
 Smooth sailing again tonight.  No problems.  I tweaked seeing on the fly.
 It got worse 2nd half with seeing going from 1.7-3 arc sec or worse and
 vary variable.
 NICFPS ion pump was back down tonight.
                       ------- 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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 17:15  Apollo    75(671)   76  49  -0.2  1.1  0.9   0.0  0.0  --   1.5
 18:13  Echelle -7(-1097)   93  50  -0.6 -0.1  0.2  -0.9 -0.6  ND2  1.3
                 ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    36    11     17   267    (W)    480    clear     none
     17:00    33     9     14   264    (W)    482    clear     none
     18:00    31     4     13   268    (W)    505    clear     none
     19:00    30     5     17   266    (W)    443    clear     none
     20:00    28     9     16   288  (WNW)    483    clear     none
     21:00    27    11      6   348  (NNW)    410    clear     none
     22:00    29    14      6   338  (NNW)    359    clear     none
     23:00    27    15      9   340  (NNW)    354    clear     none
     00:00    26    17     10   330  (NNW)    433    clear     none
     01:00    25    18     26   359    (N)    477    clear     none
     02:00    27    17     10   350    (N)    362    clear     none
     03:00    29    10     23    13  (NNE)    272    clear     none
     04:00    30     6     23    23  (NNE)    195    clear     none
     05:00    36   -11     15    16  (NNE)    254    clear     none
     06:00    34    -6     23    21  (NNE)    205    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 1.4.3