Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2008 17:11:24 -0700 (MST)
Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20081202
From: "Jack Dembicky"
                        Apache Point Observatory
                        3.5m Telescope Night Log
                       Tuesday, December 02, 2008
                                                         ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER     OBSERVER(S)             INSTRUMENT    START  FINISH
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 T.Murphy    R.McMillan                 APOLLO        17:05  17:50
 K.Kwitter   K.Kwitter                  DIS           17:50  23:57
 K.France    K.France, S.McCandliss     DIS           23:57  06:10
             B.Fleming
   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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 UW17/R     17:06  18:06   0    0.2   0    0    0    0   0.7   0    0
 UW06/R     18:06  00:00   0     0    0    0   2.6  3.3   0    0    0
 CU03/R     00:00  05:52   0     0    0    0   5.9   0    0    0    0
  note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
                ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
 Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky
APOLLO stopped early due to clouds near the moon.  Time was given to UW06 program to finish cals.
A few pesky clouds off and on thru the night, but they didn't shut us down.
No telescope problems tonight.
                       ------- 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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 17:15 APOLLO   -50(  911) -31  37   6.0  8.7  7.4  7.6  6.3   --  2.00
 18:35 dis-slit   -27( -122)   0  52   5.5  5.9  6.1  5.2  5.4   --  1.90
 18:38 dis-slit    -8( -105)  -2  52   5.6  5.9  6.1  5.2  5.5   --  1.54
 00:01 dis-slit    50( -160) 172  70   4.2  3.9  4.1  3.4  3.6   --  1.65
 00:04 NA2gdr  2326(24326) 173  70   4.2  3.9  4.1  3.4  3.7   clear  1.86
                 ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    50    17     19   234   (SW)    454   Cirrus     none
     17:00    42    17     19   215   (SW)    814   Cirrus     none
     18:00    42    18     24   235   (SW)    829 Lt.  Cirrus  none
     19:00    42    14     26   243  (WSW)    290 Lt. Cirrus   none
     20:00    41    11     26   232   (SW)    332 Lt. Cirrus   none
     21:00    42    11     27   265    (W)    536    clear     none
     22:00    41    15     22   267    (W)    531    clear     none
     23:00    40    18     17   272    (W)    321    clear     none
     00:00    40    20     22   257  (WSW)    364    clear     none
     01:00    37    20     15   256  (WSW)    369    clear     none
     02:00    37    20     17   269    (W)    473 Lt. cirrus   none
     03:00    37    18     13   279    (W)    720  pt. cldy    none
     04:00    35    18     20   292  (WNW)    574  pt. cldy    none
     05:00    33    18     18   295  (WNW)    445  pt. cldy    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