Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20080102
Date: Thu,  3 Jan 2008 07:25:48 -0700 (MST)
From: bketzeba@apo.nmsu.edu (Bill Ketzeback)
                         Apache Point Observatory
                         3.5m Telescope Night Log
                        Wednesday, January 02, 2008
                                                           ACTUAL
  ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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 J.Frieman        D.McGinnis             DIS            21:10  23:20
 J.Frieman        D.Tucker,S.Allam       SPIcam         23:35
   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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 UC05/R       18:07 00:10   3.1   0    0    0   3.0   0    0    0    0
 UC04/R       00:10 06:08    0    0    0    0   2.8  3.2   0    0    0
   note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
                ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
 Observing Specialist: W.Ketzeback
 Nearby radar returns and heavy cloud cover kept us closed for the first
 few hours of the night. Scattered to broken clouds continued to bother
 us throughout the night. The first half observer gave up and handed the
 remainder of their time to the next group due to faint targets and
 poor seeing. No other problems tonight.
                       ------- 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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 21:14 dis-slit -100(-489) 125  76  -0.7 -1.8 -1.2 -2.2 -1.7   --  2.80
 23:17 dis-slit   5( -366) 265  77  -0.4 -1.4 -0.7 -1.6 -0.9   --  1.70
 23:53 SPICAM    64( -154) 262  69  -0.7 -1.4 -0.7 -1.7 -1.2   r   1.30
 23:57 NA2gdr -1500(30600) 263  67  -0.6 -1.4 -0.7 -1.8 -1.2 R+nd2 1.03
                 ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    33    11     25   154  (SSE)   1173   cloudy     none
     17:00    30    11      9   142   (SE)    918   cloudy     none
     18:00    27    12      9   172    (S)   1418   cloudy     none
     19:00    27    14     10   114  (ESE)   2158   cloudy     none
     20:00    30    15     14   175    (S)   2181   cloudy     none
     21:00    27    14      3   179    (S)   2071 mstly clr    none
     22:00    31    16     14   169    (S)   2462  ptly cldy   none
     23:00    31    16     11   178    (S)   2489  ptly cldy   none
     00:00    30    15      8   181    (S)   2565    clear     none
     01:00    31    15     12   180    (S)   2733 mstly clr    none
     02:00    31    16      9   189    (S)   3390    clear     none
     03:00    33    15      8   228   (SW)   2424  ptly cldy   none
     04:00    36    13      6   255  (WSW)   1459 mstly cldy   none
     05:00    37    13     11   266    (W)   1469 mstly cldy   none
     06:00    37    13     11   266    (W)   1091 mstly cldy   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