Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 06:11:46 -0700 (MST)
Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20090226
From: "Jack Dembicky"
                        Apache Point Observatory
                        3.5m Telescope Night Log
                       Thursday, February 26, 2009
                                                         ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER     OBSERVER(S)             INSTRUMENT    START  FINISH
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 P.Szkody       P.Szkody                DIS           17:30  00:10
 B.Keeney       B.Keeney, J.Stocke      DIS           00:10  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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 UW10/R     18:52  00:10    0    0    0    0   4.3  1.0   0    0    0
 CU02/O     00:10  05:40    0    0    0    0   5.5   0    0    0    0
  note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
                ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
 Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky
Alt Vel scale measured -605.6 was -606.0 changed n/c
Az  Vel scale measured 579.3 was 580.0 changed n/c
Tip/Tilts at NA2 (@ 18:434MDT)
Start  -159 1140
Change  -20  -59
Final   n/c  n/c
Motor currents on both axis were much improved from the past several nights.  Alt motor current
was nice and flat and Az was almost the same.
No problems tonight.
                ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
  PROG   INST   FAILURE MODE     TIME
      (STEDFNVOG)   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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 18:36 dis-slit   222(  293)  49  72   7.4  9.6  8.2  8.7  7.8   --  1.17
 18:41 NA2gdr  2657(24657)  47  73   7.5  9.4  8.1  8.5  7.7   clear  0.97
 18:43 dis-slit   192(  252)  46  73   7.6  9.4  8.1  8.5  7.7   --  1.22
 21:34 dis-slit    -9( -113) 147  63   6.2  6.0  6.1  5.0  5.6   --  1.40
 21:36 NA2gdr  1641(23641) 148  63   6.0  5.9  6.0  4.9  5.4   R  1.30
 00:13 dis-slit    36( -123) 203  67   5.4  4.9  5.2  4.3  4.9   --  1.15
 00:18 NA2gdr     2(22002) 204  66   5.7  4.9  5.4  4.3  5.1   R  0.95
 02:00 dis-slit    35(  -49)  18  34   6.2  5.6  6.0  5.3  5.9   --  1.81
                 ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    53    10     28   271    (W)   1170    clear     none
     17:00    51     7     26   266    (W)   1055 mst. clr     none
     18:00    47     4     19   263    (W)    747  pt. cldy    none
     19:00    46     5     19   259    (W)    597  pt. cldy    none
     20:00    45     2     20   231   (SW)    570 lt. cirrus   none
     21:00    43     3     15   259    (W)    450 lt. cirrus   none
     22:00    42     4     10   263    (W)    464    clear     none
     23:00    43     4      9   262    (W)    524    clear     none
     00:00    42     0      7   262    (W)    417    clear     none
     01:00    43     0     14   289  (WNW)    443    clear     none
     02:00    43     0     16   287  (WNW)    403    clear     none
     03:00    44     0     16   319   (NW)    339  lt. cirrus  none
     04:00    44     1     14   303  (WNW)    395  lt. cirrus  none
     05:00    45     0     16   325   (NW)    351  lt. cirrus  none
     06:00    44     0     12   311   (NW)    391  lt. cirrus  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: 2.10.0
      Current TUI version: TUI 1.5.1