Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20081127
Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2008 13:09:14 +0000 (UTC)
From: bketzeba@apo.nmsu.edu
                        Apache Point Observatory
                        3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Thursday, November 27, 2008
                                                         ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT    START  FINISH
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 J.Stockton      J.Stockton             DIS           --:--  --:--
 M.Shin          M.Shin,M.Oguri         DIS           --:--  --:--
   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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 NM04/R     17:54  00:00   6.1   0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0
 PU02/R     00:00  05:48   5.8   0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0
  note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
                ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
 Observing Specialist: B.Ketzeback
 Wet conditions all day lead to a very humid night with brief rain
 showers and mostly overcast skies. We never opened.
                       ------- 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    34    34     16   268    (W)  10923   cloudy     rain
     17:00    34    35     21   269    (W)   1914   cloudy     rain
     18:00    33    34     11   265    (W)   6014   cloudy   lt rain
     19:00    33    33     19   251  (WSW)  18199   cloudy    humid
     20:00    31    29     19   269    (W)    232   cloudy    humid
     21:00    33    28     14   269    (W)    252   cloudy    humid
     22:00    32    29     19   280    (W)    279   cloudy    humid
     23:00    33    29     14   274    (W)    283   cloudy    humid
     00:00    32    30     19   274    (W)    281   cloudy    humid
     01:00    32    32     12   266    (W)  13752   cloudy     rain
     02:00    31    32     16   270    (W)   1641   cloudy    humid
     03:00    30    31     18   265    (W)   3622   cloudy    humid
     04:00    29    29     20   276    (W)   2940 mstly cldy  humid
     05:00    28    28     21   239  (WSW)    263  ptly cldy  humid
     06:00    29    29     13   263    (W)   6414  ptly cldy  humid
     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