Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 06:09:02 -0600 (MDT)
Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20090517
From: "Jack Dembicky"
                        Apache Point Observatory
                        3.5m Telescope Night Log
                          Sunday, May 17, 2009
                                                         ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER     OBSERVER(S)             INSTRUMENT    START  FINISH
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 J.Holtzman     S.Courteau, J.Holtzman  DIS           20:20  00:55
 F.Mullally     S.Thompsan, F.Mullally  AGILE         01:10  04:50
 T.Murphy       R.McMillan              APOLLO        04:55  05:45
   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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 NM04/R     20:57  01:05    0    0    0    0   4.1   0    0    0    0
 PU02/R     01:05  05:02    0    0    0    0   1.1  2.7   0    0    0
 DD01/R     04:53  05:02    0    0    0    0    0   0.2  0.8   0    0
  note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
                ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
 Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky
A very bright (and high) weather ballon was visible at sunset in the west tonight.
A good night with seeing between 0.9 and 1.4 arc sec.
No problems
                ------------- 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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 20:42 dis-slit   398(  661) 219  60  10.7 13.4 11.7 12.0 11.5   --  1.29
 01:27 AGILE    98(  -73) -57  57  11.2 10.6 11.1  9.4 10.9   BG40  0.80
 01:29 NA2gdr  1147(12147) -58  56  11.2 10.7 11.2  9.4 11.0   clear  0.85
 04:55 APOLLO    48(  918)  41  43   9.0  9.1  9.2  8.2  8.7   --  1.20
                 ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     18:00    57    41      2   234   (SW)   1575  ptly cldy   none
     19:00    55    38      5   187    (S)   1875  ptly cldy   none
     20:00    53    38      6   181    (S)   1918  ptly cldy lt rain
     21:00    51    39     11   117  (ESE)   1953 mstly clr    none
     22:00    51    39      6    96    (E)   2010    clear     none
     23:00    52    38      1   119  (ESE)   1974    clear     none
     00:00    53     6      1   242  (WSW)   1796    clear     none
     01:00    53    38      1   240  (WSW)   1956    clear     none
     02:00    52    37      5   261    (W)   2052    clear     none
     03:00    50    39      2   194  (SSW)   1911    clear     none
     04:00    49    38      6   186    (S)   1929    clear     none
     05:00    48    37      5   191    (S)   2256    clear     none
     06:00    48    35      3   188    (S)   2439    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