Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:18:29 -0000 (UTC)
Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20091026
From: "Gabrelle Saurage"
                        Apache Point Observatory
                        3.5m Telescope Night Log
                        Monday, October 26, 2009
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)           INSTRUMENT       START  FINISH
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 S.Schmidt       S.Schmidt             TSPEC            18:25  00:57
 W.Ketzeback     G.Saurage             Echelle, TSPEC   01:02  02:04
 T.Bowers        T.Bowers, S.Jacobson  TSPEC            02:05  07:20
   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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 UW04/R     18:26  01:00    0    0    0    0    0   6.6   0    0    0
 NM10/R     01:00  02:00    0    0    0    0   0.6  0.4   0    0    0
 CU06/R     02:00  07:09    0    0    0    0   5.1   0    0    0    0
 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
                ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
 Observing Specialist: G.Saurage
Cold clear skies. Moderate seeing most of the night that blew up when it warmed 4
degrees during last few hours of the night.
Everything worked properly.
                       ------- 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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 19:02 TSPEC   -99( -151) 123  60  -1.2  0.9  0.3 -0.4 -0.4     1.98
 21:08 TSPEC   100(  -51) 158  70  -1.3 -1.0 -0.9 -1.9 -1.5     0.99
 01:06 ECHELLE -52(-1217) 137  55  -1.2 -1.5 -1.2 -2.0 -1.5     1.29
 01:43 TSPEC   170(   11) 126  66   0.2 -1.2 -0.5 -1.4 -0.8     0.88
                ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
    -------------------------------------------------------------------
     16:00    32    20     17   306   (NW)    377    clear     none
     17:00    32    19     12   358    (N)    425    clear     none
     18:00    31    18     15   303  (WNW)    412    clear     none
     19:00    30    17      9   333  (NNW)    441    clear     none
     20:00    30    14      6   344  (NNW)    468    clear     none
     21:00    30    15     10   312   (NW)    451    clear     none
     22:00    28    22      6   248  (WSW)    368    clear     none
     23:00    30    18     12   304   (NW)    432    clear     none
     00:00    30    19     13   306   (NW)    472    clear     none
     01:00    30    20      8   312   (NW)    501    clear     none
     02:00    32    18     11   322   (NW)    555 mstly clr    none
     03:00    36     9     12   327  (NNW)    574 mstly clr    none
     04:00    35    10     12   324   (NW)    596    clear     none
     05:00    38     4     20   301  (WNW)    836    clear     none
     06:00    37     2     12   303  (WNW)    786    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: 2.11.1
      Current TUI version: TUI 1.6.2