Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2008 10:34:18 -0000 (UTC)
Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20080531
From: "Gabrelle Saurage"
                        Apache Point Observatory
                        3.5m Telescope Night Log
                        Saturday, May 31, 2008
                                                         ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER     OBSERVER(S)             INSTRUMENT    START  FINISH
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 G.Williger     D.Bonfield,G.Hilton      GFP          21:00  01:05
 B.Woodgate     D.Bonfield,G.Hilton      GFP          01:05  02:50
   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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 JH07/O     21:09  01:05    0    0    0    0   3.9   0     0    0    0
 DD02/O     01:05  04:53   0.8  1.2   0    0   1.8   0     0    0    0
  note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
                ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialists: G.Saurage
Az Velo Scales: 579.5, 577.0; 578.3 (changed to 578)
Clear skies, low dust. Good seeing. GFP folks battled with the instrument
most of first half. At 02:30 pollen was noticeable in the air and cars; it
became significant enough to close by 02:50. Never reopened.
                       ------- 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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 21:48 GFP       150(891) 266  68  17.4 18.2 18.5 17.0 17.5     0.73
 00:39 GFP       200(920) 353  31  17.0 16.8 17.2 16.1 16.5     0.98
                ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    75    15     24   227   (SW)   1342    clear     none
     17:00    74    15      7   245  (WSW)   1525    clear     none
     18:00    73    14     15   211  (SSW)   1405    clear     none
     19:00    70    13     23   237  (WSW)   1277    clear     none
     20:00    65    11     15   238  (WSW)   1334    clear     none
     21:00    64    11     11   252  (WSW)   1474    clear     none
     22:00    64     8     10   251  (WSW)   1361    clear     none
     23:00    64     5      8   265    (W)   1155    clear     none
     00:00    63     4      8   264    (W)    979    clear     none
     01:00    63     1      8   264    (W)    924    clear     none
     02:00    63     1      6   278    (W)    853    clear     none
     03:00    62     0     10   284  (WNW)    960    clear     none
     04:00    63     1     10   303  (WNW)    825    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