Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20080401
Date: Wed,  2 Apr 2008 05:23:44 -0700 (MST)
From: bketzeba@apo.nmsu.edu (Bill Ketzeback)
                        Apache Point Observatory
                        3.5m Telescope Night Log
                         Tuesday, April 1, 2008
                                                         ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER     OBSERVER(S)             INSTRUMENT    START  FINISH
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 J.Holtzman      J.Holtzman,S.Courteau  DIS           19:00  21:20
                                                      23:20  05:10
   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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 NM04/R     20:18  05:55   2.0  0.8   0    0   6.3  0.5   0    0    0
  note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
                ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
 Observing Specialist: B.Ketzeback
 Cloud cover made observations difficult tonight. Seeing was fair to
 excellent. 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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19:13 dis-slit  -117(-19)   46  73   8.1 10.2  9.9  9.6  8.3  --    1.12
19:20 NA2gdr  1374(23374)   41  74   8.1  9.9  9.7  9.2  8.3 R+nd2  0.71
                ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    54    14     21   211  (SSW)   1878  ptly cldy   none
     17:00    53    15     15   210  (SSW)   2014  ptly cldy   none
     18:00    50    13     15   200  (SSW)   2294  ptly cldy   none
     19:00    47    12     12   185    (S)   2348 mstly cldy   none
     20:00    47    13     11   180    (S)   2401 mstly cldy   none
     21:00    47    12     15   193  (SSW)   2282   cloudy     none
     22:00    47    11     19   205  (SSW)   2065   cloudy     none
     23:00    48    11     17   205  (SSW)   1759 mstly cldy   none
     00:00    47    12     16   204  (SSW)   1872 mstly cldy   none
     01:00    47    15     19   207  (SSW)   2247 mstly cldy   none
     02:00    45    16     21   200  (SSW)   2768 mstly cldy   dust
     03:00    45    19     22   206  (SSW)   2690 mstly cldy   dust
     04:00    44    18     15   194  (SSW)   3050 mstly cldy   dust
     05:00    43    19     12   215   (SW)   2859 mstly cldy   none
     06:00    42    18     11   224   (SW)   2682 mstly 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 1.4.5