Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 06:46:31 -0700 (MST)
Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20090127
From: "Jack Dembicky"
                        Apache Point Observatory
                        3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Tuesday, January 27, 2009
                                                         ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER     OBSERVER(S)             INSTRUMENT    START  FINISH
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 S.Anderson     A.Mukadam               Agile         17:10  06:45
   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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 UW06/R     18:27  06:05    0    0    0    0  11.0  0.7   0    0    0
  note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
                ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
 Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky
 Terrible seeing to start the night and cold.  3.5-4+ arc sec seeing.
 Piointing checked at 01:00, Anjum said pointing seemed fine earlier but we had a short time slot
where I could check it and found it was off.  TIP-Tilt Corrections +262 XTILT, -577 YTILT
 Anjum reported that the pointing was spot on after the correction.
 A little windy 2nd half of the night but the seeing improved also improved during the later half.
 We remained open although the gusts were a little over the limit, we were not pointed into the
wind and the mirror seemed fine.
No problems tonight.
                       ------- FAILURE LOG -------
  PROG   INST   FAILURE MODE     TIME
      (STEDFNVOG)   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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 18:52 NA2gdr  -211(10788) -36  52  -6.9 -5.3 -5.4 -6.7 -6.8   R  3.70
 18:54 AGILE  -400(-1350) -36  52  -6.9 -5.4 -5.4 -6.8 -6.8   BG40  3.70
 20:39 AGILE  -175(-1191) 112  37  -7.3 -7.2 -6.8 -7.8 -7.4   BG40  4.70
 22:50 AGILE   -25(-1111) 107  63  -7.5 -7.9 -7.5 -8.4 -7.7   BG40  2.20
                 ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    23     5     27   341  (NNW)    986    clear     none
     17:00    22     0     13   339  (NNW)    151    clear     none
     18:00    21     4     25   352    (N)    271    clear     none
     19:00    20     1     11    29  (NNE)    253    clear     none
     20:00    19     2     16   340  (NNW)    290    clear     none
     21:00    19     4     18    10    (N)    211    clear     none
     22:00    18     4     12   356    (N)    208    clear     none
     23:00    18     2     27     6    (N)    200    clear     none
     00:00    17     0     30    48   (NE)    196    clear     none
     01:00    31   -14     27    32  (NNE)    242    clear     none
     02:00    29   -16     29    24  (NNE)    288    clear     none
     03:00    27   -18     37    18  (NNE)    319    clear     none
     04:00    29    -9     21    46   (NE)    594    clear     none
     05:00    30   -13     18     7    (N)    472    clear     none
     06:00    28    -3     29    22  (NNE)    433    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: 2.10.0
      Current TUI version: TUI 1.5.1