Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20080415
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2008 07:48:22 -0600 (MDT)
From: bketzeba@apo.nmsu.edu (Bill Ketzeback)
                        Apache Point Observatory
                        3.5m Telescope Night Log
                         Tuesday, April 15, 2008
                                                         ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER     OBSERVER(S)             INSTRUMENT    START  FINISH
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 N.Silvestri    M.Agueros               Nicfps        19:30  01:05
 R.Plotkin      R.Plotkin               Nicfps        01:05  06:00
   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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 UW11/R     20:29  01:05    0    0    0    0    0   4.6   0    0    0
 UW10/R     01:05  05:36    0    0    0    0   1.1  3.4   0    0    0
  note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
                ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
 Observing Specialist: B.Ketzeback
 Border line wind and dust first half. Dust levels in the dome were
 kept below the limits using the pressuration fans.
 Running the nicfps focus script the second time tonight produced a
 script error. Quitting my TUI and restarting allowed the script to
 run successfully. See PR#789 for more details.
 The second half observer quit early in twilight so I was able to
 run some tests on a new set of TUI dither scripts. I found one bug
 which I corrected and sent the bug fix to the author, Cory Wood
 at CU.
 No other 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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 19:36 NICFPS   -89(  767)  29  65  11.7 13.3 13.0 12.4 11.9   Ks  0.81
 19:42 NA2gdr -1832(41167)  26  66  11.6 13.2 12.9 12.2 11.9 R+nd2 0.98
 00:16 NICFPS     0(  664) -95  76   9.6  9.5 10.0  9.2  9.4   Ks  0.67
 00:53 NA2gdr -3115(39884) -129 71   9.0  9.1  9.5  8.7  8.9 clear 1.59
                ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    63    15     24   237  (WSW)   4520  ptly cldy   dust
     17:00    61    15     21   258  (WSW)   3646  ptly cldy   dust
     18:00    60    13     28   264    (W)   2909  ptly cldy   dust
     19:00    57    10     16   264    (W)   2676  ptly cldy   dust
     20:00    53     7     27   266    (W)   2516  ptly cldy   dust
     21:00    53     7     25   254  (WSW)   2832  ptly cldy   dust
     22:00    53     7     24   269    (W)   2038  ptly cldy   dust
     23:00    52     5     22   257  (WSW)   2195  ptly cldy   dust
     00:00    50     5     22   266    (W)   1756  ptly cldy   none
     01:00    49     3     25   269    (W)   1565  ptly cldy   none
     02:00    48     1     23   268    (W)   1504  ptly cldy   none
     03:00    47     2     25   269    (W)   1300 mstly clr    none
     04:00    46     1     17   267    (W)        mstly clr    none
     05:00    46     0     24   267    (W)   1116    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