Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20080526
Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 06:18:59 -0600 (MDT)
From: bketzeba@apo.nmsu.edu (Bill Ketzeback)
                        Apache Point Observatory
                        3.5m Telescope Night Log
                         Monday, May 26th, 2008
                                                         ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER     OBSERVER(S)             INSTRUMENT    START  FINISH
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 C.Churchill    J.Evans                 DIS           19:45  01:05
 W.Zheng        W.Zheng                 DIS           01:15  04:20
 T.Murphy       R.McMillan              APOLLO        04:25  05:45
   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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 NM06/R     21:05  01:05    0    0    0    0   4.0   0    0    0    0
 JH03/R     01:05  04:26    0    0    0    0    0   3.3   0    0    0
 DD01/R     04:26  04:56    0    0    0    0    0   0.5  0.8   0    0
  note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
                ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
 Observing Specialist: B.Ketzeback
 Az Velocity Scale: 583.1, 581.6; 582.3 (changed to 582.3)
 No trouble with tertiary rotation during checkout. 3 port
 moves tested. Tertiary rotation worked perfectly in the morning
 switching from NA2 to Apollo and then back.
 Apollo received returns on 4 retro-reflectors.
 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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 20:01 dis-slit -82(  296)  14  80  13.3 15.9 15.5 15.1 13.8  --   1.16
 20:08 NA2gdr  1520(23520)   6  79  13.2 15.5 15.2 14.6 13.6 R+nd2 0.98
 00:14 dis-slit  92(  247) -96  80  11.2 11.4 11.9 11.0 11.2   --  0.99
 03:31 APOLLO     0(  978)  37  45   9.2  9.3  9.8  8.6  9.0   --  1.40
                ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    66    16     17   216   (SW)   1339    clear     none
     17:00    67    17     28   221   (SW)   1544    clear     none
     18:00    66    14     17   254  (WSW)   1607    clear     none
     19:00    64    13     20   247  (WSW)   1551    clear     none
     20:00    59    12     20   260    (W)   1244    clear     none
     21:00    56    14     12   265    (W)   1884    clear     none
     22:00    55    14     10   258  (WSW)   1598    clear     none
     23:00    54    15     10   266    (W)   1626    clear     none
     00:00    54    17     12   258  (WSW)   1617    clear     none
     01:00    52    17     15   296  (WNW)   1504    clear     none
     02:00    52    18      8   283  (WNW)   1369    clear     none
     03:00    50    18     10   269    (W)   1344    clear     none
     04:00    49    19     10   318   (NW)   1489    clear     none
     05:00    48    20     11   314   (NW)   1639    clear     none
     06:00    49    18     10   327  (NNW)   1530    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