Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2008 10:45:37 -0000 (UTC)
Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20080719
From: "Gabrelle Saurage"
                        Apache Point Observatory
                        3.5m Telescope Night Log
                        Saturday, July 19, 2008
                                                         ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER     OBSERVER(S)             INSTRUMENT    START  FINISH
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 Indebetouw,R   Indebetouw,R            TSPEC         22:40  00:05
 G.Wolf-Chase   M.Smutko                NICFPS        --:--  --:--
   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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 UV02/R     21:11  01:05    0   2.7   0    0    0   1.2   0    0    0
 UC03/R     01:05  05:08    0   4.1   0    0    0    0    0    0    0
  note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
                ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialists: G.Saurage
Az Velo Scales: 574.8, 582.6; 578.7 (no change)
Opened briefly at 22:40 only to close at 00:05 with high humidity (and dust).
Humidity remained too high to open the rest of the night :-(
                       ------- 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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23:29 TSPEC   -80(  467) 285  52  12.1 12.9 13.2 12.3 12.1     1.15
                ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    57    54      1   262    (W)   4736   cloudy    humid
     17:00    60    57      2   207  (SSW)   4817   cloudy    humid
     18:00    61    50      2    86    (E)   3788  ptly cldy   none
     19:00    59    52      4   187    (S)   4306  ptly cldy   none
     20:00    57    50      9    87    (E)   4070  ptly cldy   none
     21:00    56    51     13   111  (ESE)   4545  ptly cldy   none
     22:00    56    49     19   106  (ESE)   3901 mstly clr    none
     23:00    54    49     19   113  (ESE)   3774  ptly cldy   none
     00:00    53    51     16   111  (ESE)   4011  ptly cldy  humid
     01:00    53    51     19   125   (SE)   3955 mstly clr   humid
     02:00    52    51     21   127   (SE)   3519 mstly clr   humid
     03:00    52    50     17   123  (ESE)   3160 mstly clr   humid
     04:00    52    49     15   128   (SE)   2724 mstly clr   humid
     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