Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2008 12:52:58 -0000 (UTC)
Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20080112
From: "Gabrelle Saurage"
                        Apache Point Observatory
                        3.5m Telescope Night Log
                       Saturday, January 12th, 2008
                                                         ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER     OBSERVER(S)             INSTRUMENT    START  FINISH
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T.Murphy        R.McMillan              APOLLO        --:--  --:--
J.Frieman       G.Miknaitis             DIS           22:00  00:13
Q.Hart          Q.Hart                  DIS           00:15  05:10
   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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 DD01.O/O   18:14  18:29    0    0    0   0.3   0    0    0    0    0
 UC05/R     18:29  00:10    0    0    0   3.5  2.2   0    0    0    0
 CU02/R     00:10  06:07    0   3.0   0    0   3.0   0    0    0    0
  note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
                ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialists: G.Saurage
16:15 Network connections from dome not working. Intermittent phone and
internet connections. Could not control anything in the dome including
tcc, telmech, echelle motor controller etc. Fritz was called and after
some investigation he decided to come out to the site.
21:45 Fritz managed to piece things back together. Three fiber connections
to the intermediate level had failed. He found a fourth option and got the
telescope back online.
22:00 Finally got on sky for science.
Clouds increased significantly during second half. From 3:00am on overcast
skies were thick enough to be unusable.
                       ------- FAILURE LOG -------
  PROG   INST   FAILURE MODE     TIME
       (SEDFNVOG)   TI/SHU    START  FINISH  DESCRIPTION
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 DD01,UC05   D       T/H      16:30  21:45   network connections down
               ---------------- FOCUS LOG ---------------
Time  Instrument  Focus    Az  El  Temp Strc Prim  Sec  Air  filt FWHM
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                ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    25     1      8   356    (N)    280    clear     none
     17:00    24     1      0    55   (NE)    295    clear     none
     18:00    24    -4      8    33  (NNE)    254    clear     none
     19:00    24    -6     16   358    (N)     98    clear     none
     20:00    25    -3     15   352    (N)    112    clear     none
     21:00    25    -1     11     3    (N)    119    clear     none
     22:00    24     0     13    12  (NNE)    214 mstly clr    none
     23:00    23     1     10     1    (N)    143 mstly clr    none
     00:00    23     1      9   351    (N)    402  ptly cldy   none
     01:00    24     3      7   360    (N)    184  ptly cldy   none
     02:00    24     3     14   336  (NNW)    218 mstly cldy   none
     03:00    24     4      8   330  (NNW)    246   cloudy     none
     04:00    24     3      3   296  (WNW)    339   cloudy     none
     05:00    25    -2      6   351    (N)    230   cloudy     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 1.4.3