Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2009 05:55:29 -0700
Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20090201
From: Jeff Coughlin
                    Apache Point Observatory
                    3.5m Telescope Night Log
                    Sunday, Feburary 1, 2009
                                                       ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER     OBSERVER(S)              INSTRUMENT  START  FINISH
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 D.York         D.York                   Echelle     17:30  19:15
 F.Mullally     F.Mullaly, C.Badenes     AGILE       19:15  00:16
 C.Churchill    G.Kacprzak               DIS         00:16  06:49
 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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 UC01/R     18:32  19:23    0    0    0    0    0   0.8   0    0    0
 PU02/O     19:23  00:10    0   1.8   0    0    0   3.0   0    0    0
 NM04/R     00:10  06:02    0    0    0    0   5.9   0    0    0    0
 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
 Observing Specialist: J. Coughlin
 We started the night with some clouds moving in, but were able to
 adjust the tertiary pointing for echelle.
 Clouds thickened after switchover to the 2nd program of the night, and
 winds passed closure limits, along with high dust levels, forcing us to
 close at 7:45pm.
 We were able to re-open at 9:30pm, and conditions improved as the night
 progressed. Seeing was horrible first half, (~3"), but steadily
 improved through second half to around 1.2" by 4am.
                     ------- 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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 18:42 ECHELLE  -125(-1164)  51  30  -1.3  0.3 -0.2 -0.6 -1.0     3.10
 00:33 dis-slit  -100( -783)   1  65  -5.6 -5.8 -5.5 -6.2 -5.8     2.50
              ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                 Wind                      Precip.or
   Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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    16:00    38     5      9    46   (NE)    476 mstly clr    none
    17:00    35     7     11    86    (E)    622 mstly cldy   none
    18:00    31     8     18    69  (ENE)   1113  ptly cldy   none
    19:00    29     9     16    67  (ENE)   1388  ptly cldy   none
    20:00    26     9     37    74  (ENE)   3227  ptly cldy   dust
    21:00    24    10     27    70  (ENE)   2840    clear     none
    22:00    22    10     25    66  (ENE)   2235    clear     none
    23:00    22     7     26    69  (ENE)   1395    clear     none
    00:00    22     4     20    69  (ENE)    990    clear     none
    01:00    22     3     20    73  (ENE)    766    clear     none
    02:00    23     4     11    84    (E)    789    clear     none
    03:00    27     6      3   319   (NW)    799    clear     none
    04:00    27     6      5   302  (WNW)    931    clear     none
    05:00    25     6      6   280    (W)   1055    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 1.6a4