Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20080226
Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 07:20:32 -0700 (MST)
From: bketzeba@apo.nmsu.edu (Bill Ketzeback)
                        Apache Point Observatory
                        3.5m Telescope Night Log
                        Tuesday, February 26, 2008
                                                         ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)             INSTRUMENT    START  FINISH
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 D.Bowen         D.Bowen                 DIS           17:00  00:10
 D.York          D.York                  DIS           00:10  05:11
 T.Murphy        R.McMillan              APOLLO        05:11  06:15
   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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 PU07/R     18:51  00:10    0    0    0    0   4.7  0.6   0    0    0
 UC02/R     00:10  05:11    0    0    0    0    0   5.0   0    0    0
 DD01/R     05:11  05:41    0    0    0   0     0   0.5   0    0    0
  note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
                ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
 Observing Specialist: B.Ketzeback
 Light snow flurries in the late afternoon. Skies cleared shortly
 after sunset. Moderate to poor seeing tonight. No 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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 18:25 dis-slit -112(-325)  11  77  -1.8  1.8  0.9  1.0 -0.8   --  2.28
 00:14 dis-slit  -1( -414) 315  83  -1.6 -2.2 -1.3 -2.7 -1.9   --  1.49
 05:25 APOLLO    50(  539)  11  30   0.1 -1.2 -0.6 -1.3 -0.2   --  2.50
                ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    38    18      7   184    (S)    705 mstly cldy snow flurries
     17:00    32    17      4   188    (S)    779  ptly cldy   none
     18:00    30    18      9   229   (SW)    852 mstly clr    none
     19:00    28    16      5   187    (S)    437    clear     none
     20:00    27    16      7   216   (SW)    716    clear     none
     21:00    28    16     11   222   (SW)    706    clear     none
     22:00    28    14      7   271    (W)    624    clear     none
     23:00    29    10      2   355    (N)    411    clear     none
     00:00    29     7     18   336  (NNW)    283    clear     none
     01:00    29     6     12    16  (NNE)    321    clear     none
     02:00    28     7      4   296  (WNW)    288    clear     none
     03:00    27    11      0   330  (NNW)    374    clear     none
     04:00    30     5     19    22  (NNE)    610    clear     none
     05:00    32     2     26    28  (NNE)    106    clear     none
     06:00    32     1     15    34   (NE)     79    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 1.4.5