Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20081029
Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2008 13:02:02 +0000 (UTC)
From: bketzeba@apo.nmsu.edu
                     Apache Point Observatory
                     3.5m Telescope Night Log
                    Wednesday, October 29, 2008
                                                   ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER     OBSERVER(S)         INSTRUMENT  START  FINISH
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 J.Holtzman     P.Garnavich         DIS         18:20  00:50
 E.Hilton       E.Hilton            AGILE       01:05  06:30
  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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 NM08/R     19:09  01:00    0    0    0    0   5.9   0    0    0    0
 UW08/R     01:00  06:25    0    0    0    0   5.4   0    0    0    0
 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
               ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
 Observing Specialist: B.Ketzeback
 Clear skies with good to moderate seeing.
 No 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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 18:58 dis-slit -422(-173)  56  82   8.9 13.3 10.8 11.8  9.9   --  1.04
 21:41 dis-slit -165( -83) -46  48   9.3  9.5  8.9  7.7  8.6   --  1.14
 01:20 AGILE   -240( -556) -94  79   8.7  7.9  8.1  6.6  7.5   B   0.67
 01:24 NA2gdr  -2148(8851) -98  79   8.1  7.9  8.1  6.6  7.6 R+nd2 0.86
 01:36 AGILE   -239( -526) -60  38   7.8  7.7  7.9  6.4  7.5   B   1.43
 03:08 NA2gdr  -5437(5562)  99  41   6.2  6.8  6.8  5.6  6.4 clear 1.35
 03:16 AGILE   -271( -615)  98  42   6.2  6.7  6.9  5.5  6.4   B   1.28
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                  Wind                      Precip.or
    Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    54    24      2   256  (WSW)    703    clear     none
     17:00    57    30      8   209  (SSW)    835    clear     none
     18:00    50    29      6   244  (WSW)    874    clear     none
     19:00    48    13      1   238  (WSW)    431    clear     none
     20:00    49     6      1   247  (WSW)    349    clear     none
     21:00    49    17      2   314   (NW)    823    clear     none
     22:00    48    16      2   211  (SSW)   1345    clear     none
     23:00    49    15      1    96    (E)   1048    clear     none
     00:00    50    13      1   243  (WSW)    931    clear     none
     01:00    47    24      5   184    (S)   1053    clear     none
     02:00    46    29      5   175    (S)   1581    clear     none
     03:00    43    31      9   179    (S)   1471    clear     none
     04:00    45    26      6   182    (S)    971    clear     none
     05:00    47    21      1   175    (S)    719    clear     none
     06:00    43    20      1   206  (SSW)    811    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