Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20080227
Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 07:19:31 -0700 (MST)
From: bketzeba@apo.nmsu.edu (Bill Ketzeback)
                        Apache Point Observatory
                        3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Wednesday, February 27, 2008
                                                         ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)             INSTRUMENT    START  FINISH
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 M.Shin          M.Shin,M.Oguri           DIS           17:30  00:10
 A.Soderberg     A.Soderberg              DIS           00:10  01:10
 G.Stringfellow  G.Stringfellow           DIS           01:10  07:10
   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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 PU05/R     18:53  00:10    0    0    0    0   5.3   0    0    0    0
 DD05/R     00:10  01:10    0    0    0    0   1.0   0    0    0    0
 DD04/R     01:10  05:38    0    0    0    0   0.3  4.2   0    0    0
  note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
                ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
 Observing Specialist: B.Ketzeback
 The skies were hazy for most of the night with moderate seeing.
 No problems tonight.
                       ------- 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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 18:32 dis-slit   151(  213)   3  79   5.3  7.4  6.5  6.3  5.4   --  1.12
 20:17 dis-slit   -18(  -23) 107  56   6.1  5.9  6.0  4.7  5.2   --  1.25
 00:11 dis-slit   -87( -151)  -2  63   5.3  4.8  5.1  3.9  4.8   --  1.07
 00:27 NA2gdr  -981(21018) -98  68   5.1  4.7  5.1  3.9  4.8   clear  1.08
 03:15 NA2gdr -2899(19100) -85  65   5.8  4.6  4.9  4.5  5.6   clear  1.20
 04:44 NA2gdr  -225(21774) -97  45   6.4  5.3  5.7  5.1  5.8   clear  1.56
                ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    46     3      8   358    (N)    372 mstly clr    none
     17:00    45     3      3    24  (NNE)    501 mstly clr    none
     18:00    42    -4      8    11    (N)    443 mstly clr    none
     19:00    43    -5     12   355    (N)    177 mstly clr    none
     20:00    42    -6      6   359    (N)    225 mstly clr    none
     21:00    43    -5     11   341  (NNW)    172 mstly clr    none
     22:00    44    -4     10   309   (NW)    198 mstly clr    none
     23:00    43    -4      8   269    (W)    192 mstly clr    none
     00:00    41    -5     10   244  (WSW)    285 mstly clr    none
     01:00    40    -5      7   187    (S)    358 mstly clr    none
     02:00    39    -7     11   211  (SSW)    268    clear     none
     03:00    43    -4     15   245  (WSW)    265    clear     none
     04:00    42    -4     14   268    (W)    294    clear     none
     05:00    44    -3     10   275    (W)    236    clear     none
     06:00    45    -2     13   296  (WNW)    300    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