Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20090430
Date: Fri,  1 May 2009 13:10:16 +0000 (UTC)
From: bketzeba@apo.nmsu.edu
                        Apache Point Observatory
                        3.5m Telescope Night Log
                        Thursday, April 30, 2009
                                                         ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)              INSTRUMENT   START  FINISH
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 J.Greene        J.Greene                 DIS          19:30  21:53
 R.Reyes         R.Reyes                  DIS          21:53  01:10
 G.Wallerstein   J.Hughes                 SPIcam       01:15  06:10
   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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 PU04/R     20:42  21:53    0    0    0    0    0   1.2  0.8   0    0
 PU03/R     21:53  01:05    0    0    0    0    0   3.2   0    0    0
 UW05/R     01:05  05:18    0    0    0    0   3.5  0.7   0    0    0
  note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
                ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
 Observing Specialist: B.Ketzeback
 Az Vel Scale
 Was 574 measured 575.1 n/c
 Alt Vel Scale
 Was -604 measured -603.6  n/c
 Partly cloudy to mostly cloudy high altitude clouds much of
 first half and the start of second half. No threats and we
 were able to stay open the entire 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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 20:18 dis-slit  -94(  315) 189  79  12.9 16.5 14.8 15.0 13.3   ---   1.59
 23:40 dis-slit  -51(  132) 199  73  12.6 11.9 12.2 10.9 11.8   ---   1.28
 01:23 SPICAM     74(  515) 321  68  12.7 12.1 12.6 11.2 12.3 strom y 0.69
 01:28 SPICAM     74(  515) 318  67  12.4 12.0 12.5 11.1 12.1  R+nd2  0.77
                ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    65    19     13   257  (WSW)   1155    clear     none
     17:00    63    19      9   240  (WSW)   1190 mstly clr    none
     18:00    64    19     17   243  (WSW)   1199 mstly clr    none
     19:00    59    14      7   275    (W)   1211 mstly clr    none
     20:00    55    11     11   263    (W)   1256    clear     none
     21:00    55    11      9   254  (WSW)   1284  ptly cldy   none
     22:00    55    10     11   244  (WSW)   1401  ptly cldy   none
     23:00    54     9     10   254  (WSW)   1549  ptly cldy   none
     00:00    54     9      4   276    (W)   1881  ptly cldy   none
     01:00    56    11      8   255  (WSW)   1700 mstly clr    none
     02:00    55    11      8   269    (W)   2233    clear     none
     03:00    53     9      8   267    (W)   2213    clear     none
     04:00    53    10     14   302  (WNW)   2309    clear     none
     05:00    53     9     11   304   (NW)   2242 mstly clr    none
     06:00    52     8     12   315   (NW)   2278    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