Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20090513
Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 12:55:36 +0000 (UTC)
From: bketzeba@apo.nmsu.edu
                        Apache Point Observatory
                        3.5m Telescope Night Log
                         Wednesday, May 13, 2009
                                                         ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)              INSTRUMENT   START  FINISH
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 P.Kundurthy     P.Kundurthy              Agile        20:00  00:59
 C.Wu            C.Wu                     DIS          01:10  04:50
 T.Murphy        R.McMillan               APOLLO       05:00  05:54
   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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 UW01/R     20:54  01:05    0    0    0    0   3.2  1.0   0    0    0
 NM06/R     01:05  04:56    0    0    0    0    0   3.8   0    0    0
 UW13/R     04:56  05:05    0    0    0    0    0   0.2  0.8   0    0
  note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
                ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
 Observing Specialist: B.Ketzeback
 Az Vel Scale Was 575 Measured 577.9 n/c
 Alt Vel Scale Was -602 MEasured -602.8 n/c
 Clear skies with good to moderate seeing all evening until dawn.
 Seeing became moderate to poor and quite variable during the
 APOLLO time.
 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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 21:21 NA2gdr -2814( 8185)  112  70  14.6 16.1 17.3 14.4 14.7   R+nd2  1.19
 01:17 dis-slit 491(  775)  106  68  15.0 14.0 15.1 12.8 14.0   --     1.59
 01:19 NA2gdr   364(22364)  106  68  14.9 14.0 15.1 12.8 14.0   clear  1.01
 01:56 dis-slit  28(  312)  201  64  14.8 13.9 14.9 12.9 14.0   ---    1.44
 04:58 APOLLO    25( 1121)   18  41  13.4 13.6 13.9 12.9 13.5   ---    1.25
                ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    67    22     14   255  (WSW)   1783    clear     none
     17:00    72    26     18   245  (WSW)   1829    clear     none
     18:00    67    23      7   240  (WSW)   2103    clear     none
     19:00    66    22     15   256  (WSW)   2541    clear     dust
     20:00    60    17     15   222   (SW)   3023    clear     dust
     21:00    59    15     13   247  (WSW)   2827    clear     dust
     22:00    57    14     14   217   (SW)   2512    clear     dust
     23:00    58    15     11   226   (SW)   2713    clear     dust
     00:00    57    14      8   247  (WSW)   3276    clear     dust
     01:00    59    15      8   289  (WNW)   3574    clear     dust
     02:00    59    15      7   268    (W)   2973    clear     dust
     03:00    58    14      7   262    (W)   2952    clear     dust
     04:00    58    15      9   280    (W)   2898    clear     dust
     05:00    55    13      6    22  (NNE)   2908    clear     dust
     06:00    55    12     11    14  (NNE)   3249    clear     dust
     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