Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2007 12:11:59 -0000 (UTC)
Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20070701
From: "Gabrelle Saurage"
                         Apache Point Observatory
                         3.5m Telescope Night Log
                          Sunday, July 1, 2007
                                                          ACTUAL
  ASTRONOMER     OBSERVER(S)              INSTRUMENT    START  FINISH
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  J.Bornak       J.Bornak,J.Holtzman      Echelle       --:--  --:--
  G.Stringfellow G.Stringfellow           Echelle       02:05  03:55
  K.Willett      K.Willett                NICFPS        04:00  05:50
   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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  NM05/R     21:19  01:05   0.2  3.5   0    0    0    0    0    0    0
  CU05/R     01:05  01:50    0   0.8   0    0    0    0    0    0    0
  CU03/R     01:50  04:56    0    0    0    0    0   3.1   0    0    0
   note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
                ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialists: G.Saurage
AZ Velocity Scales:
Checkout - (temp 16.7) 580.3, 582.3, Avg 581.3
Lost power in the area in the afternoon: running on generator until about
3am. Rain and clouds dissipated enough to open after 2am. CU05 and CU03
stayed online for the rest of the night, switching back and forth between
programs and instruments as conditions warranted.
CU05 was having trouble acquiring a very bright target very close to
zenith with Echelle. We had clouds coming in and out at the same time.
Moving away to a focus star seemed to show pointing to not be too far off.
After switching to NICFPS and at a somewhat lower alt pointing seemed to
be fine.
DIS temp controller at 71% at 06:00.
                       ------- 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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02:40 NICFPS    -30(519)  255  77  17.6 16.7 16.1  16.8 16.8  Ks  1.0
                ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    63    41     13    21  (NNE)    600   cloudy     rain
     17:00    57    41     28    62  (ENE)    913   cloudy   lt rain
     18:00    63    37     11    52   (NE)    710  ptly cldy   none
     19:00    64    37     23    63  (ENE)    681 mstly cldy   none
     20:00    63    41     20    74  (ENE)    726 mstly cldy   none
     21:00    63    43     15    84    (E)    866  ptly cldy   none
     22:00    66    37      8    64  (ENE)    790  ptly cldy   none
     23:00    65    38      2    72  (ENE)    807  ptly cldy   none
     00:00    66    39      1   229   (SW)    814  ptly cldy   none
     01:00    64    38      3   114  (ESE)    873 mstly clr    none
     02:00    65    40      4   228   (SW)    804 mstly clr    none
     03:00    64    36      5   262    (W)    606 mstly clr    none
     04:00    63    36      2   181    (S)    595 mstly clr    none
     05:00    60    39      2   257  (WSW)    787 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