Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2008 05:03:01 -0700 (MST)
Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20081216
From: "Jack Dembicky"
                        Apache Point Observatory
                        3.5m Telescope Night Log
                       Tuesday, December 16, 2008
                                                         ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER     OBSERVER(S)             INSTRUMENT    START  FINISH
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 K.Kinemuchi    K.Kinemuchi             DIS           --:--  --:--
 G.Wallerstein  G.Wallerstein           Echelle       --:--  --:--
 T.Murphy       R.McMillan              APOLLO        --:--  --:--
   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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 DD04/R     17:57  00:00   3.8  2.3   0    0    0    0    0    0    0
 UW14/R     00:00  05:51    0   5.8   0    0    0    0    0    0    0
 UW17/R     05:51  06:51    0   0.2   0    0    0    0    0    0    0
  note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
                ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
 Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky
Az 581.6  581.0 n/c
Alt  -608.0 -605.5 n/c
 DIS Blue ion pump running very high tonight.
 Clouds with some sucker holes during first half.  We opened briefly but the clouds soon came back
before we could get any science 1st half.
Our internet connection to the outside world went out around 23:30 tonight.  Weather was keeping
us closed so we didn't put too high of a priority getting Fritz out of bed to fix it tonight.
Apparently the internet was also down at Sunspot so this wasn't just an APO problem.
Clouds, Wind, Humidity, and Light Snow kept us closed for the night.
Gave up at 04:45 with lt. snow falling.
                       ------- FAILURE LOG -------
  PROG   INST   FAILURE MODE     TIME
      (STEDFNVOG)   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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 21:54 dis-slit    31( -294)   6  56   0.7  1.3  1.2  0.9  0.8   --  1.49
                 ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    35    21     21   264    (W)    647  mst. cldy   none
     17:00    35    22     21   259    (W)    606    cldy      none
     18:00    35    20     19   261    (W)    548    cldy      none
     19:00    35    20     21   254  (WSW)    641    cldy      none
     20:00    35    19     17   266    (W)    598    cldy      none
     21:00    34    19     25   257  (WSW)    573  mst. cldy   none
     22:00    33    20     19   263    (W)    527    cldy      none
     23:00    34    19     21   254  (WSW)    508    cldy      none
     00:00    34    15     19   238  (WSW)    447    cldy      none
     01:00    34    15     18   227   (SW)    359    cldy      none
     02:00    34    17     22   251  (WSW)    269    cldy      Lt. Snow
     03:00    31    23     22   247  (WSW)    539    cldy      none
     04:00    32    27     30   249  (WSW)   4148    cldy      Lt. Snow
     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