Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 13:38:31 -0000 (UTC)
Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20081129
From: "Gabrelle Saurage"
                        Apache Point Observatory
                        3.5m Telescope Night Log
                        Saturday, November 29, 2008
                                                         ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT    START  FINISH
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 H.Chen          H.Chen                 DIS           17:25  00:00
 C.Churchill     J.Evans                SPICAM        01:15  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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 UC01/R     17:55  00:00    0    0    0    0   5.5  0.6   0    0    0
 NM09/R     00:00  05:50   1.2   0    0    0   4.6   0    0    0    0
  note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
                ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialists: G.Saurage
AzVeloScale: 581.3, 580.1; 580.7 (no change)
Clear skies most of the night; poor seeing first half improving to moderate second
half. Humidity and wind closed us for a little while around midnight; both stayed
high all night. Ran autofocus script second half - seemed to be working well. 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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 17:44 dis-slit  28(-357)   7  70  -0.9  0.3  0.1 -0.5 -0.9     1.77
 20:07 dis-slit   8(-418) -20  57  -0.7 -0.7 -0.4 -1.2 -0.8     1.91
 01:36 SPICAM    72(-174) 137  67  -1.7 -1.9 -1.6 -2.2 -1.8  u  2.22
                ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    31    21     13     8    (N)    549    clear     none
     17:00    30    22      7   357    (N)    510    clear     none
     18:00    31    21     12   346  (NNW)    533    clear     none
     19:00    32    22     10   354    (N)    435    clear     none
     20:00    31    23     13   343  (NNW)    465    clear     none
     21:00    31    24     13   354    (N)    533  ptly cldy   none
     22:00    30    24     25     5    (N)    627  ptly cldy   none
     23:00    29    24     23    10    (N)    673    clear    humid
     00:00    29    24     16    42   (NE)    464    clear    humid
     01:00    30    21     30    17  (NNE)    211    clear    humid
     02:00    29    21     25     9    (N)    267    clear    humid
     03:00    29    22     17    17  (NNE)    261    clear    humid
     04:00    29    22     15    30  (NNE)    236    clear    humid
     05:00    29    23     29     2    (N)    229    clear    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