Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2009 13:16:44 -0000 (UTC)
Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20090102
From: "Gabrelle Saurage"
                        Apache Point Observatory
                        3.5m Telescope Night Log
                        Friday, January 2nd, 2009
                                                         ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)              INSTRUMENT  START  FINISH
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 T.Murphy        R.McMillan               APOLLO      16:50  18:20
 S.Moran         S.Moran                  DIS         18:25  06:20
   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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 UW17/R     17:18  18:18    0    0    0    0    0   0.2   0    0    0
 JH04/R     18:18  06:00    0    0    0    0   6.0  4.8   0    0    0
  note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
                ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialists: G.Saurage
AzVeloScale: 581.1, 579.6; 580.3 (no change)
Thin clouds here and there at sunset. Apollo pointing seemed to be significantly
off. No apparent telescope issues, but they report an unsuccessful run. Rest of the
night with DIS pointing was within normal parameters. Seeing was very good for a
large chunk of the night. Second half winds and humidity started becoming a problem.
Clouds were also forming overhead and then moving out quickly. Stayed open and
skirted the humidity limit.
                       ------- 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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17:20 APOLLO   -75( 714) -16  57   2.3  5.7  4.2  4.2  3.0     1.20
18:34 dis-slit  46(-217)  -7  73   2.1  2.8  2.8  2.1  2.2     1.07
22:59 dis-slit   6(-338)  89  66   1.3  1.1  1.5  0.7  1.2     1.24
                ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    41     3      8   265    (W)    227 mstly clr    none
     17:00    38     8     12   260    (W)    303 mstly clr    none
     18:00    36    10     11   239  (WSW)    480 mstly clr    none
     19:00    35    12      8   242  (WSW)    634 mstly clr    none
     20:00    36    10     19   265    (W)    488 mstly clr    none
     21:00    35    20     18   259    (W)    426 mstly clr    none
     22:00    35    24     24   268    (W)    386 mstly clr    none
     23:00    34    23     20   269    (W)    328 mstly clr    none
     00:00    34    23     15   267    (W)    326 mstly clr    none
     01:00    34    25     17   251  (WSW)    448 mstly clr    none
     02:00    34    27     17   264    (W)    498  ptly cldy   none
     03:00    33    25     20   269    (W)    453  ptly cldy   none
     04:00    33    24     19   271    (W)    477    clear     none
     05:00    32    26     21   278    (W)    477    clear     none
     06:00    32    24     17   288  (WNW)    435    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