Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2007 05:02:11 -0700 (MST)
From: Jack Dembicky
Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20071206
                         Apache Point Observatory
                         3.5m Telescope Night Log
                        Thursday, December 06, 2007
                                                           ACTUAL
  ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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 C.Miller         C.Miller, N.Chanover   AGILE          16:50  20:45
                                                        21:45  23:57
 E.Hilton         E.Hilton               DIS            --:--  --:--
   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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 NM03/R       17:55  00:05  1.0   0    0    0   5.2   0    0    0    0
 UW08/R       00:05  05:55  5.0  0.8   0    0    0    0    0    0    0
   note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
                ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
 Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky
 AZ vel scale measured 591.9, was 581.  Did not change
 Wind closed us down at 20:45
 The primary temp sensor was given slightly flakey readings tonight.  It
 would suddenly change about 1C at random and then a minute or so later
 change back to it's previous value.  I saw tis happen a couple of times
 tonight.
 Humidity closed us at midnight, fog came shortly later and rain around
 03:00.  We gave up at 04:40.
                       ------- 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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 17:56 AGILE  -197(-362)     4  51   4.0  4.5  5.3  3.8  4.1   I  1.1
 19:34 AGILE  -322(-549)   -32  45   3.6  3.5  4.2  3.3  3.6   I  1.3
 22:05 AGILE  -322(-569)   260  56   3.2  3.2  3.6  3.1  3.1   I  1.6
                 ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    41    24     27   277    (W)    542  Pt. Cldy    none
     17:00    39    24     20   267    (W)    651  Pt. Cldy    none
     18:00    39    22     24   269    (W)    576  Pt. Cldy    none
     19:00    39    23     21   286  (WNW)    537  Pt. Cldy    none
     20:00    38    28     32   281    (W)    746  Pt. Cldy    windy
     21:00    38    30     24   279    (W)    725  Pt. Cldy    windy
     22:00    38    31     23   281    (W)    660    cldy      none
     23:00    37    31     24   269    (W)    774    cldy      none
     00:00    37    32     23   286  (WNW)   1238    cldy      humid
     01:00    36    34     16   277    (W)   1265     fog      humid
     02:00    36    35     18   257  (WSW)   1096     fog      humid
     03:00    36    36     29   268    (W)  74275     fog    lt. rain
     04:00    36    36     28   271    (W)  51150     fog      humid
     05:00    35    36     18   263    (W)  85598  Pt. Cldy    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 1.4.3