Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2009 11:36:47 -0000 (UTC)
Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20090425
From: "Gabrelle Saurage"
                        Apache Point Observatory
                        3.5m Telescope Night Log
                        Saturday, April 25, 2009
                                                          ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER     OBSERVER(S)               INSTRUMENT   START  FINISH
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 B.Keeney       B.Keeney                  SPICAM       21:45  00:55
 C.Wu           C.Wu                      DIS          01:14  05:40
   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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 CU02/R     20:38  01:05    0    0    0    0   4.2  0.2   0    0    0
 NM06/R     01:05  05:24    0    0    0    0   4.3   0    0    0    0
  note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
                ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
 Observing Specialist: G.Saurage
AzVeloScale: 579.9, 577.9; 578.9 (changed to 579)
High winds in the afternoon evening delayed opening until about 21:45. Mostly clear
skies most of the night with thin cirrus now and again.
I may have seen a sudden axis halt like Jeff reported last night on the first slew
after opening, but I'm not sure if something else happened. It cleared easily with
an axis init, and did not repeat. I grabbed the associated TUI log output and sent
it to appropriate parties.
Otherwise no 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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 22:20 SPICAM    -33( 373) 222  75  10.7 11.4 11.2 10.7 10.6   Ha  1.52
 01:42 dis-slit  131( 138) 261  62   8.4  8.3  8.6  8.0  8.2       1.14
                ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
    ------------------------------------------------------------------
     16:00    60    18     27   221   (SW)    857 mstly clr    none
     17:00    58    16     26   229   (SW)    926 mstly clr    none
     18:00    59    16     27   239  (WSW)   1587 mstly clr    none
     19:00    56    15     20   235   (SW)   1130 mstly clr    none
     20:00    53    18     29   214   (SW)   1525 mstly clr    none
     21:00    52    20     39   227   (SW)   1096 mstly clr    none
     22:00    51    21     27   217   (SW)    902 mstly clr    none
     23:00    50    21     21   222   (SW)    834    clear     none
     00:00    49    21     20   228   (SW)    826    clear     none
     01:00    47    21     19   259    (W)   1076    clear     none
     02:00    46    20     25   262    (W)   1718    clear     none
     03:00    44    19     15   248  (WSW)   1828 mstly clr    none
     04:00    44    20     16   274    (W)   1607 mstly clr    none
     05:00    41    21     18   270    (W)   1584 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