Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2009 19:06:54 -0000 (UTC)
Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20090207
From: "Gabrelle Saurage"
                        Apache Point Observatory
                        3.5m Telescope Night Log
                        Saturday, February 7th, 2009
                                                         ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)              INSTRUMENT   START  FINISH
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 D.York          D.York                   Echelle      --:--  --:--
 T.Murphy        R.McMillan               APOLLO       20:50  22:50
 M.Gladders      E.Wuyts                  NICFPS       --:--  --:--
   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     18:37  19:31    0   0.9   0    0    0    0    0    0    0
 DD01/O     19:31  00:10    0   2.6   0    0    0   2.0   0    0    0
 UC03/R     00:10  05:58    0   5.8   0    0    0    0    0    0    0
  note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
                ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialists: G.Saurage
AzVeloScale: 576.4, 574.9; 575.6
Clouds most of the night. We attempted observations for a spell during the APOLLO
time. The moon was the best target given the sky conditions. Pointing was good with
APOLLO, seeing variable to poor, some tracking drift while pointing into the wind.
We closed when even moon observations were not possible. Heavily overcast skies the
rest of the night.
                       ------- 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    49     4     16   181    (S)    356   cloudy     none
     17:00    48     3     13   175    (S)    280   cloudy     none
     18:00    47     4     21   155  (SSE)    475   cloudy     none
     19:00    48     5     23   173    (S)    377   cloudy     none
     20:00    48     5     17   154  (SSE)    488   cloudy     none
     21:00    47     5     23   144   (SE)    435  ptly cldy   none
     22:00    46    10     20   141   (SE)    683  ptly cldy   none
     23:00    49     9     24   173    (S)    809   cloudy     none
     00:00    47    10     20   163  (SSE)    860   cloudy     none
     01:00    45    14     16   149  (SSE)    878   cloudy     none
     02:00    47    11     14   180    (S)   1027   cloudy     none
     03:00    44    15     19   161  (SSE)   1041   cloudy     none
     04:00    46     8     17   180    (S)    613   cloudy     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