Date: Sun, 29 Nov 2009 12:01:02 -0000 (UTC)
Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20091128
From: jwhueh@apo.nmsu.edu
                       Apache Point Observatory
                       3.5m Telescope Night Log
                       Saturday, November 28, 2009
                                                        ACTUAL
ASTRONOMER        OBSERVER(S)        INSTRUMENT      START  FINISH
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T. Murphy        R. McMillan         APOLLO          --:--    --:--
M. Gladders      E. Wuyts            NICFPS          --:--    --:--
T. Murphy        R. McMillan         APOLLO          --:--    --:--
P. Kundurthy     P. Kundurthy        AGILE           --:--    --:--
  INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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DD01/R    17:06   18:06    0   1.0   0    0    0    0    0    0
UC02/R    18:06   23:00    0   4.9   0    0    0    0    0    0
DD01/R    23:00   00:00    0   1.0   0    0    0    0    0    0
UW01/R    00:00   06:37   2.6  4.0   0    0    0    0    0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist:    J. Huehnerhoff
Lots of clouds to start the night.  Power failure at 04:37 MST generator
kicked on after 15 seconds.
While clouded out, cloudy night tasks started.  The first was to look into
the SPICAM artifact found by Jack.  This was done by taking flats in
several different filters.  Reduction an analysis of images show that the
artifact is not due to filters, exposure times, or the lamp used.
The remainder of the night was spent on the DIS Linearity tests with the
Red CCD heater on.
After the snow started the roof heaters were turned on and around midnight
MST the snow program was initiated.
                    ------- 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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              ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                  Wind                      Precip.or
    Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    38    31     11   264    (W)   1326   cloudy     none
     17:00    36    32     11   227   (SW)   1440   cloudy    humid
     18:00    35    32     10   204  (SSW)   1603   cloudy   lt rain
     19:00    33    32      2   122  (ESE)   3912   cloudy   lt rain
     20:00    36    31     17   211  (SSW)   1407   cloudy   lt rain
     21:00    36    31     12   183    (S)   1472   cloudy   lt rain
     22:00    32    32      9   183    (S)   1335   cloudy     snow
     23:00    31    31      8   185    (S)   3475   cloudy     snow
     00:00    31    31     11   218   (SW)  13660   cloudy     snow
     01:00    32    32     15   183    (S)  11703   cloudy     snow
     02:00    30    30      6   260    (W)    473   cloudy    humid
     03:00    31    31     11   232   (SW)    104   cloudy    humid
     04:00    31    30      7   307   (NW)     93   cloudy    humid
     05:00    30    28     11   304   (NW)    616  ptly cldy  humid
    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: 1.7.0b1