Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2009 13:52:40 -0000 (UTC)
Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20090103
From: "Gabrelle Saurage"
                        Apache Point Observatory
                        3.5m Telescope Night Log
                        Saturday, January 3rd, 2009
                                                         ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)              INSTRUMENT   START  FINISH
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 J.Frieman       D.Tucker, S.Allam        DIS          17:14  00:03
 G.Stringfellow  J.Stocke, G.Stringfellow DIS, SPICAM  00:05  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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 UC05/R     18:08  00:10    0    0    0    0    0   6.0   0    0    0
 CU01/R     00:10  06:09    0    0    0    0   6.0   0    0    0    0
  note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
                ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialists: G.Saurage
AzVeloScale: 580.8, 579.7; 580.2 (no change)
Good seeing and mostly clear skies all night. Humidity threatened closure during
second half but we held our ground and stayed open.
                       ------- 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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 17:59 dis-slit  106( -168)   20  46   0.7  2.1  1.4  1.2  1.0     1.30
 22:20 dis-slit   -6( -385) -177  70   0.7  0.5  0.8  0.2  0.6     0.78
 03:31 SPICAM   -120( -328)   75  72  -1.4 -1.2 -1.0 -1.7 -1.4   V 0.81
                ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    40    24     21   253  (WSW)    529    clear     none
     17:00    36    24     16   264    (W)    642    clear     none
     18:00    33    25     15   258  (WSW)    780    clear     none
     19:00    33    22     19   259    (W)    691    clear     none
     20:00    34    20     17   265    (W)    472    clear     none
     21:00    33    22     19   278    (W)    601    clear     none
     22:00    33    22     17   265    (W)    655    clear     none
     23:00    33    23     18   269    (W)    565    clear     none
     00:00    33    24     15   267    (W)    591  ptly cldy   none
     01:00    32    24     16   266    (W)    618 mstly clr    none
     02:00    32    25     11   270    (W)    657  ptly cldy   none
     03:00    30    26      9   253  (WSW)    769 mstly clr   humid
     04:00    29    25      8   252  (WSW)    781 mstly clr   humid
     05:00    31    23     14   228   (SW)    629 mstly clr    none
     06:00    30    22     10   238  (WSW)    549 mstly clr    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