Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20090330
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 13:27:46 +0000 (UTC)
From: bketzeba@apo.nmsu.edu
                        Apache Point Observatory
                        3.5m Telescope Night Log
                         Monday, March 30, 2009
                                                         ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)              INSTRUMENT   START  FINISH
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 C.Churchill     J.Evans                  SPIcam       21:05  01:05
 H.Chen          J.Helsby,J.Gauthier      DIS          01:15  07:00
   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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 NM09/R     20:16  01:10    0   0.9   0    0   0.9  3.1   0    0    0
 UC02/R     01:10  05:50    0    0    0    0   4.8   0    0    0    0
  note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
                ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
 Observing Specialist: B.Ketzeback
 Az Vel Scale
 Was 577 measured 579.8 changed to 580
 Alt Vel Scale
 Was -606 measured -605.6 n/c
 NA2 Tert Tilts
 TertXTiltCoef was -175 measured change 70 changed to -105
 TertYTiltCoef was  915 measured change 64 changed to  980
 Quite a bit of thick cloud cover to start the evening. Skies
 started clearing around 9pm. Seeing was moderate to poor
 all evening.
 No other 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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 21:03 SPICAM   -190( -296)  -4  79  -0.7  1.0  0.6  0.4 -0.5   r    1.73
 01:26 dis-slit   39( -530) -81  77  -3.3 -3.4 -3.1 -3.7 -3.5   ---  1.86
                ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    33    15     13   323   (NW)   2239   cloudy     none
     17:00    34    16      4   314   (NW)   1997   cloudy     none
     18:00    34    17     17   325   (NW)   1907   cloudy     none
     19:00    33    17     12   347  (NNW)   2408 mstly cldy   none
     20:00    31     4      7     6    (N)   2356 mstly cldy   none
     21:00    31     0     14   357    (N)   1597  ptly cldy   none
     22:00    29    -3     15   353    (N)    748 mstly clr    none
     23:00    26     1     14    32  (NNE)    630    clear     none
     00:00    27     0     27   357    (N)    726    clear     none
     01:00    26    -4     17    32  (NNE)    485    clear     none
     02:00    27     0     16    10    (N)    904    clear     none
     03:00    28     8      9   341  (NNW)   1514    clear     none
     04:00    27     6     15   348  (NNW)   1582    clear     none
     05:00    27     6     14   348  (NNW)   1453    clear     none
     06:00    26     3     14     3    (N)   1253    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: 2.10.0
      Current TUI version: TUI 1.5.1