Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20090304
Date: Thu,  5 Mar 2009 14:31:08 +0000 (UTC)
From: bketzeba@apo.nmsu.edu
                        Apache Point Observatory
                        3.5m Telescope Night Log
                        Wednesday, March 4, 2009
                                                         ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)              INSTRUMENT   START  FINISH
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 V.Meadows       V.Meadows,S.Schmidt      TSpec        17:30  20:00
 J.Wisniewski    J.Wisniewski,A.Kowalski  DIS          20:05  23:55
 J.Stocke        B.Keeney, T.Yan          DIS          00:00  05:30
   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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 UW08/R     18:56  20:10    0   0.2   0    0    0   1.0   0    0    0
 UW14/R     20:10  00:10    0   3.0   0    0    0   1.0   0    0    0
 CU03/R     00:10  05:33   2.6  2.3   0    0   0.5   0    0    0    0
  note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
                ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
 Observing Specialist: B.Ketzeback
 Az Vel Scale
 Was 580 Measured 580.8, 579.0; 579.9 n/c
 Alt Vel Scale
 Was -606 Measured -607.0, -603.8; -605.4 n/c
 We were open all night however clouds were mighty thick. Actual
 amount of data collected was highly estimated since the holes
 were few and far between. Even the Venus program struggled to
 get enough signal.
 Seeing was moderate.
 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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 18:26 TSPEC   -74(  407)   -59  71  10.5 11.9 11.4 11.1 10.7    Ks  1.08
 20:17 dis-slit 26(   81)   -74  53   9.2  9.0  9.3  9.1  9.1   ---  1.29
                ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    51    19     22   267    (W)    241 mstly cldy   none
     17:00    52    20     28   255  (WSW)    378 mstly cldy   none
     18:00    50    21     24   278    (W)   2832 mstly cldy   none
     19:00    49    22     18   266    (W)   1869 mstly cldy   none
     20:00    49    22     23   265    (W)    399   cloudy     none
     21:00    48    22     23   266    (W)    404   cloudy     none
     22:00    47    22     25   270    (W)    379   cloudy     none
     23:00    46    22     26   266    (W)    342   cloudy     none
     00:00    45    21     20   246  (WSW)    343   cloudy     none
     01:00    44    22     28   247  (WSW)    261   cloudy     none
     02:00    44    21     21   267    (W)    282   cloudy     none
     03:00    43    20     22   269    (W)    263   cloudy     none
     04:00    43    20     24   268    (W)    282   cloudy     none
     05:00    42    20     17   264    (W)    283   cloudy     none
     06:00    42    19     24   261    (W)    301   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: 2.10.0
      Current TUI version: TUI 1.5.1