Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 05:20:31 -0600 (MDT)
Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20090422
From: "Jack Dembicky"
                        Apache Point Observatory
                        3.5m Telescope Night Log
                       Wednesday, April 22, 2009
                                                         ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER     OBSERVER(S)             INSTRUMENT    START  FINISH
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 C.Badenes      C.Badenes, S.Thompson   DIS           --:--  --:--
 J.Gauther      J.Gauther, J.Helsby     DIS           --:--  --:--
   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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 PU01/O     20:35  01:05   4.5   0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0
 UC01/R     01:05  05:28   4.0  0.4   0    0    0    0    0    0    0
  note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
                ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
 Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky
 Az Vel Scale Meas 572.7 Was 578.0 Changed 573.0
 Alt Vel Scale Meas -603.5 Was -606.0 Changed -604.0
 We opened around 23:40 tonight just in time for the clouds to move back on top of us.  We again
tried at 03:45 and managed to get focused and a std. star before the clouds once again were too
thick to observe thru.  No useful science so I marked all the time loss due to weather.
                ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
  PROG   INST   FAILURE MODE     TIME
      (STEDFNVOG)   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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23:54 dis-slit  -187(   15) 200  66  11.4 12.2 12.3 11.5 11.2   --  1.30
 03:45 dis-slit    69(  147) 348  66   9.9  9.7 10.1  9.1  9.7   --  1.23
                 ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    63    18     18   243  (WSW)    631   cloudy     none
     17:00    60    16     17   252  (WSW)    598   cloudy     none
     18:00    58    14     13   245  (WSW)    575   cloudy     none
     19:00    56    15     18   255  (WSW)    379   cloudy     none
     20:00    54    14     22   261    (W)    599   cloudy     none
     21:00    53    14     17   254  (WSW)    654   cloudy     none
     22:00    53    18     12   264    (W)    859   cloudy     none
     23:00    52    18     15   251  (WSW)    946 mstly cldy   none
     00:00    53    18     17   258  (WSW)    755   cloudy     none
     01:00    51    16     12   241  (WSW)    909   cloudy     none
     02:00    51    16     18   267    (W)    902   cloudy     none
     03:00    51    15     13   263    (W)    895 mstly cldy   none
     04:00    50    17     15   243  (WSW)   1028   cloudy     none
     05:00    48    16     12   243  (WSW)   1010   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