Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20080514
Date: Thu, 15 May 2008 05:06:33 -0600 (MDT)
From: bketzeba@apo.nmsu.edu (Bill Ketzeback)
                        Apache Point Observatory
                        3.5m Telescope Night Log
                        Wednesday, May 14, 2008
                                                         ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER     OBSERVER(S)             INSTRUMENT    START  FINISH
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 P.Szkody       P.Szkody,A.Mukadam        AGILE       19:00  01:05
 G.Wallerstein  G.Wallerstein,K.Kinemuchi DIS         01:15  03:35
   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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 UW02/R     20:55  01:55    0    0    0    0    0   4.2   0    0    0
 UW12/R     01:05  05:04   1.5   0    0    0   0.1  2.4   0    0    0
  note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
                ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
 Observing Specialist: B.Ketzeback
 Dust levels were elevated but much lower than they have been in weeks.
 We observered through coming and going clouds tonight but there was
 not much threat of precitation. The clouds became to thick to observe
 through by 0330. We gave up at 05:00.
 No other 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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 19:41 AGILE   -25( -421)   81  66   5.4  6.2  6.2  5.3  5.2  BG40  1.18
 19:46 NA2gdr -1151( 9848)  81  68   5.4  6.1  6.2  5.3  5.3 R+nd2  1.03
 00:23 dis-slit  52(  -66) -63  77   6.0  5.8  6.2  5.7  6.0   --   0.99
                ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    46    24     12   265    (W)   2031    clear     dust
     17:00    44    22     15   286  (WNW)   2149    clear     dust
     18:00    45    23      8   281    (W)   2205    clear     dust
     19:00    46    24      3   271    (W)   2392    clear     dust
     20:00    41    23      2   285  (WNW)   2416 mstly clr    dust
     21:00    43    22      9   357    (N)   3283 mstly cldy   dust
     22:00    42    22      6    10    (N)   3329 mstly cldy   dust
     23:00    42    27      8   321   (NW)   2537 mstly cldy   dust
     00:00    43    27     10   278    (W)   2641 mstly clr    dust
     01:00    43    25      9   265    (W)   2593 mstly cldy   dust
     02:00    43    22     10   225   (SW)   2516 mstly cldy   dust
     03:00    43    23      5   262    (W)   2297   cloudy     dust
     04:00    44    26      1   239  (WSW)   2624   cloudy     dust
     05:00    44    26      5   257  (WSW)   2845   cloudy     dust
     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