Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20070809
Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2007 18:58:05 -0600 (MDT)
From: bketzeba@apo.nmsu.edu (Bill Ketzeback)
                        Apache Point Observatory
                        3.5m Telescope Night Log
                        Thursday, August 9, 2007
                                                         ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER     OBSERVER(S)              INSTRUMENT    START  FINISH
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 G.Kacprzak     G.Kacprzak               SPIcam        --:--  --:--
 B.Williams     B.Williams,D.Haggard     DIS           02:00  05:30
   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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 NM06/R     20:53  01:05   4.2   0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0
 UW04/R     01:05  05:25   0.8   0    0    0   1.8  1.7   0    0    0
  note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
               ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
 Observing Specialists: B.Ketzeback
 Nearby storms on radar kept us closed until 2am. The skies were
 mostly clear for the remainder of the night and seeing was decent.
 No problems.
                      ------- 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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 02:21 dis-slit  -242(  182)  54  71  13.8 14.3 13.9 14.6 14.0   --  0.98
 03:34 dis-slit   -92(  324) 130  76  14.6 13.9 13.4 14.3 14.1   --  1.0
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                  Wind                      Precip.or
    Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    54    47     26    72  (ENE)    317 mstly cldy   rain
     17:00    55    45     15    78  (ENE)    230 mstly cldy   rain
     18:00    61    42      6   285  (WNW)    193 mstly cldy lt rain
     19:00    58    44      3   223   (SW)    377 mstly cldy   none
     20:00    61    42      8    83    (E)    203 mstly cldy   none
     21:00    61    41      6    45   (NE)    232 mstly cldy   none
     22:00    61    41      0   241  (WSW)    200 mstly cldy   none
     23:00    56    47      1   332  (NNW)    325   cloudy     none
     00:00    58    44      8   357    (N)    249 mstly cldy   none
     01:00    59    44      6    87    (E)    288 mstly cldy   none
     02:00    58    48     11    86    (E)    504  ptly cldy   none
     03:00    58    50      7   107  (ESE)   1100 mstly clr    none
     04:00    58    50      9   164  (SSE)   1167 mstly clr    none
     05:00    59    50      8   180    (S)   1321    clear     none
     06:00    58    50      5   183    (S)   1234    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 1.3