Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20090108
Date: Fri,  9 Jan 2009 14:31:46 +0000 (UTC)
From: bketzeba@apo.nmsu.edu
                        Apache Point Observatory
                        3.5m Telescope Night Log
                       Thursday, January 8, 2009
                                                         ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT    START  FINISH
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 T.Murphy        R.McMillan             APOLLO        17:15  18:00
 J.Rogers        J.Rogers,D.Apai        Nicfps        18:23
   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     18:12  18:23    0   0.2   0    0    0    0   0.8   0    0
 JH01/O     18:23  06:09    0    0    0    0   0.3 11.5   0    0    0
  note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
                ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
 Observing Specialist: B.Ketzeback
 Apollo gave up earlier due to a bad prediction in their observations
 that could nto be fixed under the marginal weather conditions.
 The remainder of the night seeing was moderate to good with improving
 sky transparency. Nicfps behaved well as did pointing and tracking.
 No problems. The occultation observations went well.
                       ------- 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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 17:19 APOLLO  -150(  825)  89  33   5.9  8.8  7.9  7.3  6.2   --  1.80
 18:57 NICFPS  -147(  351) -55  76   5.0  6.1  6.2  4.9  5.0   Ks  0.55
                ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    44    13     11   344  (NNW)    108  ptly cldy   none
     17:00    43    12     16   339  (NNW)    158  ptly cldy   none
     18:00    42    13     12   355    (N)    103 mstly cldy   none
     19:00    41    17     11   338  (NNW)     90  ptly cldy   none
     20:00    42    16     14   330  (NNW)    100  ptly cldy   none
     21:00    42    16     15   335  (NNW)    105  ptly cldy   none
     22:00    43    16     19   303  (WNW)    103    clear     none
     23:00    42    15     17   301  (WNW)    122  ptly cldy   none
     00:00    42    11     12   285  (WNW)    128    clear     none
     01:00    40    14      8   267    (W)    180    clear     none
     02:00    42    13     19   273    (W)    111    clear     none
     03:00    42     9     19   276    (W)     74    clear     none
     04:00    41    10     16   275    (W)     84    clear     none
     05:00    41     7     21   275    (W)    107    clear     none
     06:00    40     8     17   265    (W)    112    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 1.5.1