Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2007 11:56:05 -0000 (UTC)
Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20070630
From: "Gabrelle Saurage"
                         Apache Point Observatory
                         3.5m Telescope Night Log
                          Saturday, June 30, 2007
                                                          ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER     OBSERVER(S)              INSTRUMENT    START  FINISH
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 P.Strycker     P.Strycker,N.Chanover,   NAIC          --:--  --:--
                D.Voelz
 T.Murphy       R.McMillan               Apollo        --:--  --:--
 G.Gyuk         M.Hammergren             DIS           02:35  05:35
  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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 NM02/O     21:19  01:00    0   3.7   0    0    0    0    0    0    0
 UW16/O     01:00  02:00    0   1.0   0    0    0    0    0    0    0
 UC10/R     02:00  04:55    0   0.6   0    0    0   2.3   0    0    0
   note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
                ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialists: G.Saurage
AZ Velocity Scales:
Checkout - (temp 16.5) 575.9, 578.8, Avg 577.3
Midnight - (temp 18.7) 576.8, 583.4, Avg 580.1
Began clearing again a little after 2am, so we opened. Clouds moved in and
out and formed overhead making even 8th magnitude stars difficult at
times, but we stayed open the rest of the night.
05:40 DIS temp controler at 44%.
                       ------- 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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03:05 DISslit    -80(519)   7  37  18.8 17.8 16.9  17.7 17.9  --  1.4
                ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    68    41      3   230   (SW)    820   cloudy   lt rain
     17:00    58    47      4   299  (WNW)    598   cloudy     rain
     18:00    64    39      4    91    (E)    680   cloudy     none
     19:00    66    37      6   332  (NNW)    750   cloudy     none
     20:00    64    38      1   360    (N)    796   cloudy   lt rain
     21:00    66    36     10    85    (E)    572   cloudy     none
     22:00    66    36     16    59  (ENE)    752   cloudy     none
     23:00    66    35     14    61  (ENE)    768   cloudy     none
     00:00    67    35     15    59  (ENE)    825 mstly cldy   none
     01:00    67    36     10    54   (NE)    766 mstly cldy   none
     02:00    64    36      3    16  (NNE)    669  ptly cldy   none
     03:00    64    35      2   334  (NNW)    730 mstly clr    none
     04:00    64    37      5     7    (N)    722 mstly clr    none
     05:00    62    37      2   203  (SSW)    747 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: 2.9.0
      Current TUI version: TUI 1.3