Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20090402
Date: Fri,  3 Apr 2009 12:43:25 +0000 (UTC)
From: bketzeba@apo.nmsu.edu
                        Apache Point Observatory
                        3.5m Telescope Night Log
                        Thursday, April 2, 2009
                                                         ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)              INSTRUMENT   START  FINISH
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 T.Murphy        R.McMillan               Apollo       19:15  20:35
 J.Darling       J.Darling                Nicfps       20:46  01:00
 G.Wallerstein   J.Hughes                 Spicam       01:06  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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 UW13/R     20:18  20:33    0    0    0    0    0   0.3  0.7   0    0
 CU04/R     20:33  01:05    0    0    0    0    0   4.5   0    0    0
 UW10/R     01:05  05:54    0    0    0    0   2.8  2.0   0    0    0
  note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
                ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
 Observing Specialist: B.Ketzeback
 Az Vel Scale
 Was 580.5 measured 575.5 changed to 575.5
 Alt Vel Scale
 Was -606 measured -605.5  n/c
 Clear photometric night with good to decent seeing.
 Apollo folks reported some weird tracking problems. Dataq was
 a little noisy in azimuth at the time. Not seen rest of night.
 No other problems.
                       ------- 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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 19:22 APOLLO    75(  867)   74  43   4.3  5.4  4.9  4.6  4.6   ---  1.20
 20:43 NICFPS   -50(  365)  -11  79   4.7  4.4  4.7  4.2  4.4   Ks   0.59
 01:20 SPICAM   -31(   43)  -53  63   4.4  4.5  4.8  4.4  4.5   R    1.33
 01:24 NA2gdr  -878(29121)  -54  61   4.4  4.5  4.8  4.3  4.5  R+nd2 1.35
                ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    39     4     12   301  (WNW)   1054    clear     none
     17:00    41     5     15   323   (NW)   1124    clear     none
     18:00    43     7      8   261    (W)   1524    clear     none
     19:00    43    12     11   260    (W)   2799    clear     none
     20:00    40    14     18   223   (SW)   2656    clear     none
     21:00    40    14     18   233   (SW)   2400    clear     none
     22:00    40    14     16   252  (WSW)   1914    clear     none
     23:00    41    15     16   258  (WSW)   1435    clear     none
     00:00    40    16     18   235   (SW)   1382    clear     none
     01:00    41    17     13   255  (WSW)   1309    clear     none
     02:00    40    17     18   241  (WSW)   1331    clear     none
     03:00    39    18     17   253  (WSW)   1356    clear     none
     04:00    39    18     14   245  (WSW)   1574    clear     none
     05:00    38    18     18   224   (SW)   1653    clear     none
     06:00    37    19     13   255  (WSW)   1568    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