Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2008 12:01:56 -0000 (UTC)
Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20081026
From: "Gabrelle Saurage"
                        Apache Point Observatory
                        3.5m Telescope Night Log
                        Sunday, October 26, 2008
                                                         ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT    START  FINISH
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 H.Chen          H.Chen                 DIS           --:--  --:--
 C.Badenes       A.Soderberg            DIS           03:15  06:00
   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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 UC01/R     19:12  01:00   5.8   0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0
 PU01/R     01:00  06:23   5.0  0.4   0    0    0    0    0    0    0
  note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
                ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialists: G.Saurage
AzVeloScale: 583.7, 588.8; 586.3 (no change)
Clear but surprisingly high winds (and therefore high dust) all first half. Second
half we opened at 03:15 but seeing was so extremely poor I could not even focus. We
stayed open the rest of second half but could not get any usable data.  No telescope
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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                ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    54    28      6    76  (ENE)    958    clear     none
     17:00    51    30     24    71  (ENE)   2142    clear     none
     18:00    49    29     31    70  (ENE)   2423    clear     none
     19:00    47    29     22    67  (ENE)   2764    clear     dust
     20:00    44    28     38    74  (ENE)   3154    clear     dust
     21:00    41    28     32    66  (ENE)   3405    clear     dust
     22:00    39    27     23    83    (E)   3197    clear     dust
     23:00    36    26     40    73  (ENE)   2999    clear     dust
     00:00    35    24     23    72  (ENE)   2483    clear     none
     01:00    34    24     26    73  (ENE)   2532    clear     none
     02:00    35    22     27    76  (ENE)   2106    clear     none
     03:00    34    25     25    78  (ENE)   2007    clear     none
     04:00    34    24     22    84    (E)   1928    clear     none
     05:00    36    25     21    86    (E)   1750    clear     none
     06:00    36    29     17    87    (E)   1812    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