Date: Mon, 26 May 2008 11:31:02 -0000 (UTC)
Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20080525
From: "Gabrelle Saurage"
                        Apache Point Observatory
                        3.5m Telescope Night Log
                        Sunday, May 25th, 2008
                                                         ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER     OBSERVER(S)             INSTRUMENT    START  FINISH
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 W.Zheng        W.Zheng                 NICFPS        20:15  22:50
 D.Haggard      D.Haggard               DIS           23:00  01:04
 D.Hoffman      D.Hoffman               DIS           01:05  05:30
   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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 DD05/R     21:04  01:05    0    0    0   0.3  3.2  0.5    0    0    0
 NM03.0/O   01:05  04:56    0    0    0    0    0   3.9    0    0    0
  note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
                ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialists: G.Saurage
Az Velo Scales: 587.0, 584.2; 585.6 (changed to 586)
21:50 Rotator controller error. Fritz was logged in and already knew the
cause. Quickly recovered; we were not taking data at that moment.
Clear skies, low dust. Good seeing again all night.
                       ------- FAILURE LOG -------
  PROG   INST   FAILURE MODE     TIME
       (SEDFNVOG)   TI/SHU    START  FINISH  DESCRIPTION
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  DD05     N         T/S      21:47  22:05   Rotator controller error
               ---------------- FOCUS LOG ---------------
Time  Instrument  Focus    Az  El  Temp Strc Prim  Sec  Air  filt FWHM
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 19:55 NICFPS    34(1040) 324  36  14.4 15.6 15.5  14.6 14.5     0.74
 22:32 dis-slit  57( 361) 291  48  13.8 14.0 14.5  13.7 13.8     1.54
 00:10 dis-slit 182( 302) 339  74  12.3 12.6 13.0  12.1 12.4     1.13
                ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    67    17     26   226   (SW)   1548    clear     none
     17:00    68    15     20   219   (SW)   1516    clear     none
     18:00    67    16     22   203  (SSW)   1890    clear     none
     19:00    62    14     24   243  (WSW)   1484    clear     none
     20:00    59    14     15   212  (SSW)   1448    clear     none
     21:00    58    12     14   236   (SW)   1184    clear     none
     22:00    58    13     11   249  (WSW)   1031    clear     none
     23:00    58    13     13   267    (W)   1150    clear     none
     00:00    55    15     14   240  (WSW)   1298    clear     none
     01:00    54    18     11   263    (W)   1603    clear     none
     02:00    53    17     13   235   (SW)   1706 mstly clr    none
     03:00    52    18     13   240  (WSW)   1835 mstly clr    none
     04:00    50    19     13   260    (W)   1723 mstly clr    none
     05:00    49    18     11   271    (W)   1645    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