Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 12:29:33 -0000 (UTC)
Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20090321
From: "Gabrelle Saurage"
                        Apache Point Observatory
                        3.5m Telescope Night Log
                        Friday, March 21st, 2009
                                                         ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER    OBSERVER(S)               INSTRUMENT    START  FINISH
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 S.Flemming    S.Flemming, J.Wisniewski  Echelle       --:--  --:--
               C.Laws
 R. Reyes      R.Reyes, M.Strauss        DIS           03:30  06:30
               Xin, Y.Shen, Ganiano
   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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 UC02/R     20:09  01:10   5.0   0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0
 PU03/R     01:10  06:11   2.5   0    0    0   1.0  1.5   0    0    0
  note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
                ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialists: G.Saurage
During afternoon checkout tspec spectrograph would not take images/has not since the
power supply was switched out on Thursday. PR#972 submitted.
It rained a bit around sunset and we had clouds and/or humidity all first half.
Second half conditions improved enough to open by 03:30.
No problems besides clouds on and off.
                       ------- 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    50    31     23   216   (SW)      1   cloudy     none
     17:00    51    35     12   210  (SSW)      1   cloudy     none
     18:00    49    36      1   268    (W)      8   cloudy     none
     19:00    46    35      2   134   (SE)      0   cloudy   lt rain
     20:00    47    35      9   182    (S)      4   cloudy     none
     21:00    44    36      6   186    (S)      1   cloudy     none
     22:00    45    35     13   179    (S)      0   cloudy     none
     23:00    46    34      9   149  (SSE)      2   cloudy     none
     00:00    41    36      7    82    (E)      0   cloudy     none
     01:00    39    36     10    89    (E)     26   cloudy    humid
     02:00    38    37      9    92    (E)     17   cloudy    humid
     03:00    41    35      8   199  (SSW)     79 mstly clr    none
     04:00    44    33      5   194  (SSW)     19 mstly clr    none
     05:00    45    33      3   193  (SSW)      3 mstly clr    none
     06:00    42    34      3   172    (S)      2 mstly 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: 2.10.0
      Current TUI version: TUI 1.5.1.