Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2008 11:46:51 -0000 (UTC)
Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20080801
From: "Gabrelle Saurage"
                        Apache Point Observatory
                        3.5m Telescope Night Log
                        Friday, August 1, 2008
                                                         ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER     OBSERVER(S)             INSTRUMENT    START  FINISH
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 K.France       B.Fleming ,R.Lupu       DIS           19:40  01:00
                S.McCandliss
 Q.Hart         Q.Hart,T.Yan            NICFPS        01:12  05:40
   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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 JH01/R     21:00  01:05    0    0    0    0   4.1   0    0    0    0
 CU07/R     01:05  05:19    0    0    0    0   4.2   0    0    0    0
  note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
                ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialists: G.Saurage
Az Velo Scales: 565.8, 569.3; 567.6 (changed to 568)
Mostly clear, productive night. Aside from the DIS focus script behaving a bit
differently than it has in the past (PR 861) everything was smooth sailing.
                       ------- 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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 20:49 dis-slit   -50(548) 252  52  17.6 20.0 19.3 18.4 17.8       1.47
 22:56 dis-slit  -156(303) 258  56  16.6 17.4 17.3 15.9 16.3       1.19
 01:38 NICFPS    -262(727) 207  41  15.4 15.5 15.8 14.4 15.2   Ks  2.51
 03:45 NICFPS    -195(736) 297  46  14.6 14.5 14.8 13.6 14.2   Ks  1.25
                ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    69    49      4   202  (SSW)   1191    clear     none
     17:00    71    44      2    89    (E)   1068    clear     none
     18:00    69    36      4   357    (N)   1061    clear     none
     19:00    66    34     10    80    (E)    817    clear     none
     20:00    65    33     14    66  (ENE)    951    clear     none
     21:00    64    36      9    54   (NE)   1003    clear     none
     22:00    63    35     10    70  (ENE)    908    clear     none
     23:00    62    37      9   112  (ESE)    927    clear     none
     00:00    61    40      7   112  (ESE)   1000    clear     none
     01:00    60    43      6    93    (E)   1200    clear     none
     02:00    60    43      7    93    (E)   1486    clear     none
     03:00    59    46      8    90    (E)   1692    clear     none
     04:00    58    46     10   111  (ESE)   1927    clear     none
     05:00    57    47     14    83    (E)   2031    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 1.5