Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20090205
Date: Fri,  6 Feb 2009 14:52:17 +0000 (UTC)
From: bketzeba@apo.nmsu.edu
                        Apache Point Observatory
                        3.5m Telescope Night Log
                       Thursday, February 5, 2009
                                                         ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)              INSTRUMENT   START  FINISH
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 D.York          D.York                   Echelle      17:55  19:20
 M.Gladders      E.Wuyts                  Nicfps       19:30  00:05
 C.Badenes       C.Badenes, F.Mullally    DIS          00:15  07:30
   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     18:35  19:29    0    0    0    0    0   0.9   0    0    0
 UC03/R     19:29  00:10    0    0    0    0    0   4.7   0    0    0
 PU01/R     00:10  06:00    0    0    0    0   1.4  4.4   0    0    0
  note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
                ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
 Observing Specialist: B.Ketzeback
 Az Vel Scale
 Was 579 Measured 580.2, 578.7; 579.5 n/c
 Alt Vel Scale
 Was -609 Measured -605.7, -606.8; -606.3 n/c
 Tert Tilts after afternoon homing
 NA1 Xtilt 16 Ytilt -46;  n/c
 NA2 Xtilt 30 Ytilt +203; changed Xtilt +30 Ytilt +203
 Night went smoothly, scattered cirrus with moderate seeing.
 No problems tonight.
                       ------- 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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 18:00 ECHELLE -120( -830)   44  38   5.5  7.2  6.2  6.0  6.2   ND2  1.26
 19:38 NICFPS  -110(  357)   -4  74   5.2  5.5  5.4  4.5  5.2   H    0.99
 00:26 dis-slit  -87(-233)  207  84   5.9  5.2  5.6  4.8  5.2   --   1.09
                ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    44     4      8   247  (WSW)    710 mstly clr    none
     17:00    47     6     11   256  (WSW)    769 mstly clr    none
     18:00    42     2      5   252  (WSW)    630 mstly clr    none
     19:00    42     1      3   245  (WSW)    766 mstly clr    none
     20:00    42     2      9   201  (SSW)   1018 mstly clr    none
     21:00    45     0     15   234   (SW)    387 mstly clr    none
     22:00    44    -1     18   229   (SW)    251 mstly clr    none
     23:00    44    -2     19   213  (SSW)    231 mstly clr    none
     00:00    43    -3     20   206  (SSW)    532 mstly clr    none
     01:00    42     6     19   210  (SSW)   1244 mstly clr    none
     02:00    42    10     24   205  (SSW)   1616 mstly clr    none
     03:00    43     9     19   197  (SSW)   1745  ptly cldy   none
     04:00    44    10     23   208  (SSW)   1730 mstly cldy   none
     05:00    44     7     23   212  (SSW)   1406 mstly cldy   none
     06:00    43     8     19   203  (SSW)   1223  ptly cldy   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