Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2009 06:17:36 -0600 (MDT)
Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20090713
From: "Jack Dembicky"
                        Apache Point Observatory
                        3.5m Telescope Night Log
                         Monday, July 13, 2009
                                                         ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER     OBSERVER(S)             INSTRUMENT    START  FINISH
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 J.Greene      J.Greene, R.Ludwig       TSPEC         20:00  04:55
               J.Barentine
 T.Murphy      R.McMillan, T.Murphy     APOLLO        04:58  05:57
   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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 PU03/O     21:15  04:51    0    0    0    0  2.3   5.3    0    0    0
 DD01/R     04:51  05:04    0    0    0    0    0   0.2   0.8   0    0
  note: scheduled times listed include instrument chanyes, some ge time
                ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
 Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky
I did some more Agile stray light tests during afternoon checkout.
BR Qrtz Lamps test with Agile pinhole images, 10s exp
/atest/atest.0104.fits - Tert at NA1
105 - Tert at TR1
106 - Tert at BC1
107 - Tert at TR2
108 - Tert at NA2
109 - Tert at TR2, mirror covs open, Br Qrtz on
110 - Tert at TR2, mirror covs open, BR Qrtz off, Incand on, alt 50 deg
111 - Same as 110, g' filter
03:58:12UT POS Error too large to correct on Alt (39 deg)
03:59:56 Did alt magna sensor dump
Error seemed to clear itself after about a minute
Elevated dust counts all night.  Between 3k-4k all night.  Not sure if it was dust or pollen.
Could see it on my car windshield but looked colorless and not a lot of accumulation.
                ------------- 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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 20:46 TSPEC   384( 1213)   2  54  14.3 18.7 16.1 17.3 15.0   Ks  1.20
 05:07 APOLLO   175( 1412)  30  70  17.3 17.1 17.4 16.7 17.1   --  1.40
                 ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     18:00    72    43      7   235   (SW)   2839 mstly cldy   none
     19:00    72    42      6   210  (SSW)   2907  ptly cldy   none
     20:00    69    43      4   222   (SW)   2901  ptly cldy   none
     21:00    67    40      8   187    (S)   2712 mstly clr    none
     22:00    68    42     15   172    (S)   3001    clear     none
     23:00    64    45     22   145   (SE)   3772    clear     none
     00:00    64    45     19   156  (SSE)   3597    clear     none
     01:00    64    44     13   154  (SSE)   3499    clear     none
     02:00    63    43      6   183    (S)   3368    clear     none
     03:00    63    44     10   169    (S)   3621    clear     none
     04:00    63    44     14   208  (SSW)   3671    clear     none
     05:00    64    45      9   184    (S)   3875    clear     none
     06:00    63    44      9   186    (S)   4068    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 1.6