Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2008 07:17:45 -0600 (MDT)
Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20081021
From: "Jack Dembicky"
                        Apache Point Observatory
                        3.5m Telescope Night Log
                       Tuesday, October 21, 2008
                                                         ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER     OBSERVER(S)             INSTRUMENT    START  FINISH
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 J.Bally      G.Stringfellow            NICFPS        17:45  00:55
 P.Whittle    G.Privon                  TSPEC         01:10  05:58
 T.Murphy     R.McMillan                APOLLO        06:02  07:01
   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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 CU05/R     19:17  01:00    0    0    0    0   5.6  0.1   0    0    0
 UV03/R     01:00  06:05    0    0    0    0    0   5.1   0    0    0
 UW17/R     06:05  07:05    0    0    0    0    0   0.2  0.8   0    0
  note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
                ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
 Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky
No problems tonight
                       ------- FAILURE LOG -------
  PROG   INST   FAILURE MODE     TIME
      (STEDFNVOG)   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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 19:00 NICFPS     62(893)  -30  34  10.2 12.3 10.8  11.6 10.5  Ks   1.0
 19:08 NA2gdr -308(43000)  -32  33  10.2 12.0 10.7  11.2 10.3   R   1.33
 19:14 NICFPS     48(861)  -34  32  10.3 11.6 10.6  10.8 10.3 2.12  1.49
 20:15 NICFPS      4(735)  -52  39   9.9 10.3 10.3   9.8  9.9 2.12  1.10
 20:27 NA2gdr  1425(43000) -55  37   9.9 10.1 10.2   9.7  9.8   R   1.5
 22:09 NICFPS     -53(638) -91  42   9.4  9.5  9.7   9.3  9.4 2.12  1.1
 22:13 NA2gdr  -881(43000) -91  41   9.7  9.5  9.8   9.3  9.4   R   1.3
 01:11 TSPEC       27(353) -39  52   8.5  8.4  8.7   8.1  8.5   Ks  1.3
 06:05 APOLLO     -50(778)  74  44   6.6  6.7  7.0    6.2 6.7   --  2
                 ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    57    35     14   250  (WSW)    693    clear     none
     17:00    55    36     16   260    (W)    465    clear     none
     18:00    52    36     10   266    (W)    559    clear     none
     19:00    51    34     14   250  (WSW)    653    clear     none
     20:00    50    30     19   245  (WSW)    634    clear     none
     21:00    50    25     17   261    (W)    540    clear     none
     22:00    49    21     17   265    (W)    631    clear     none
     23:00    49    20     16   271    (W)    616    clear     none
     00:00    48    21     16   311   (NW)    714    clear     none
     01:00    48    21      4   333  (NNW)    640    clear     none
     02:00    47    18      7   330  (NNW)    811    clear     none
     03:00    47    15      0    33  (NNE)    756    clear     none
     04:00    47    14     11     6    (N)    700    clear     none
     05:00    45    15     11     4    (N)    754    clear     none
     06:00    44    16     17    27  (NNE)    725    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 1.5.1