Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20070813
Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2007 06:34:16 -0600 (MDT)
From: bketzeba@apo.nmsu.edu (Bill Ketzeback)
                        Apache Point Observatory
                        3.5m Telescope Night Log
                        Monday, August 13, 2007
                                                         ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER     OBSERVER(S)              INSTRUMENT    START  FINISH
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 A.Verbiscer    A.Verbiscer,C.Miller     SPIcam        17:40  01:00
 B.Balick       K.Kwitter                DIS           01:10  03:10
   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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 UV04/R     20:48   01:05   0    0    0    0   4.3   0    0    0    0
 UW06/R     01:05   05:29  2.4    0    0    0  2.0   0    0    0    0
  note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
               ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
 Observing Specialist: B.Ketzeback
 Az Velocity Scale: Was 571.0, Measured 575.8, Changed to 574.0
 Things ran smoothly first half. Second half we closed at 3am
 because the dew point split was to small. We never reopened
 for the rest of the night.
                      ------- 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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 21:16 SPICAM  -104(  497)  -7  67  14.3 15.1 14.7 15.0 14.2   R  1.0
 01:19 dis-slit -100( 241)  -5  77  12.4 12.3 12.0 12.6 12.2   --  1.3
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                  Wind                      Precip.or
    Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    65    51      1   221   (SW)   1236  ptly cldy   none
     17:00    67    52      0   243  (WSW)   1275  ptly cldy   none
     18:00    64    46      8    70  (ENE)   1078 mstly clr    none
     19:00    63    44     12    71  (ENE)   1155    clear     none
     20:00    60    45     14    74  (ENE)   1189    clear     none
     21:00    58    46     21    71  (ENE)   1457    clear     none
     22:00    57    46     14    84    (E)   1647    clear     none
     23:00    56    45     12   118  (ESE)   1566    clear     none
     00:00    55    47     21   118  (ESE)   1774    clear     none
     01:00    55    46     19   108  (ESE)   1688    clear     none
     02:00    54    47     19   113  (ESE)   1749    clear     none
     03:00    53    49     13    97    (E)   1844    clear    humid
     04:00    53    50     16   111  (ESE)   2099    clear    humid
     05:00    53    46      8    81    (E)   1727    clear    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 1.3