Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20081111
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 13:11:32 +0000 (UTC)
From: bketzeba@apo.nmsu.edu
                        Apache Point Observatory
                        3.5m Telescope Night Log
                       Tuesday, November 11, 2008
                                                         ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT    START  FINISH
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G.Wolf-Chase     G.Wolf-Chase,M.Smutko  Nicfps        16;00  22:50
T.Murphy         R.McMillan             APOLLO        22:55  23:55
R.Plotkin        R.Plotkin              Nicfps        00:00  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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 UC04/R     18:00  23:00    0    0    0    0    0   5.0   0    0    0
 UW17/R     23:00  00:00    0    0    0    0    0   1.0   0    0    0
 UW13/R     00:00  05:36    0    0    0   0.2   0   5.4   0    0    0
  note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
                ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
 Observing Specialist: B.Ketzeback
 Mostly clear skies except for an hour at the begining of the night
 an hour and a half second half. Moderate to good seeing.
 After the Apollo switch back to Nicfps there was a rotator controller
 error condition. We lost about 10 minutes of time recovering.
 No other problems tonight.
                       ------- FAILURE LOG -------
  PROG   INST   FAILURE MODE     TIME
       (SEDFNVOG)   TI/SHU    START  FINISH  DESCRIPTION
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 UW13     N          T/S      00:11  00:21   Rot Controller Error
               ---------------- FOCUS LOG ---------------
Time  Instrument  Focus   Az  El  Temp Strc Prim  Sec  Air  filt     FWHM
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 18:42 NICFPS  -37(214)   -5  79  -1.2  1.1 -0.0  0.1 -0.7   Ks      0.70
 18:54 NICFPS  -12(217) -109  80  -1.2  0.7 -0.2 -0.3 -0.9 H2-2.12   0.53
 20:38 NICFPS  -62( 82) -178  63  -1.3 -1.2 -1.0 -1.9 -1.3 H2-2.12   0.66
 21:39 NICFPS  -37(108) -162  60  -0.9 -1.2 -0.9 -1.2 -1.0 FeII-1.64 0.65
 23:56 APOLLO  -20(435)   71  55  -1.1 -1.1 -0.9 -1.6 -1.3   530nm   1.20
 01:25 NICFPS  -90( 23)   14  79  -1.8 -1.7 -1.6 -2.3 -1.9   Ks      0.62
                ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    31    20     12   293  (WNW)   1201  ptly cldy   none
     17:00    31    19     14   301  (WNW)   1357 mstly cldy   none
     18:00    30    20      8   331  (NNW)   1142 mstly clr    none
     19:00    30    20      5   349    (N)   1192    clear     none
     20:00    30    18      2   306   (NW)    914    clear     none
     21:00    31    19     10   344  (NNW)    734    clear     none
     22:00    31    20      9   349    (N)    690    clear     none
     23:00    30    20      3   345  (NNW)    737    clear     none
     00:00    29    19     12     6    (N)    766    clear     none
     01:00    29    20     14    15  (NNE)    859    clear     none
     02:00    29    20     12    14  (NNE)    798  ptly cldy   none
     03:00    29    20     22    17  (NNE)    315  ptly cldy   none
     04:00    29    18     20     9    (N)    234    clear     none
     05:00    29    16     20    19  (NNE)    144    clear     none
     06:00    29    18     17   345  (NNW)    160    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