Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20090721
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2009 12:52:11 +0000 (UTC)
From: bketzeba@apo.nmsu.edu
                        Apache Point Observatory
                        3.5m Telescope Night Log
                         Tuesday, July 21, 2009
                                                         ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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 C.Churchill     G.Kacprzak             DIS            --:--  --:--
 B.Ketzeback     B.Ketzeback            Echelle        --:--  --:--
   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     21:10  05:02   7.9   0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0
 NM07/W     05:02  05:10   0.1   0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0
 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
                ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
 Observing Specialist: B.Ketzeback
 Nearby radar returns at sunset developed into overcast opaque skies
 for the remainder of the night. We never opened. It rained much of
 second half.
                       ------- 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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                ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    60    52     14    80    (E)   1893  ptly cldy   none
     17:00    63    49     11    79    (E)   1536 mstly cldy   none
     18:00    65    47      8    92    (E)   1285 mstly cldy   none
     19:00    61    49     11    90    (E)   1390 mstly cldy   none
     20:00    59    49     11    87    (E)   1491  ptly cldy   none
     21:00    59    48     13    79    (E)   1520  ptly cldy   none
     22:00    58    49     13    88    (E)   1477   cloudy     none
     23:00    59    48     14    83    (E)   1586   cloudy     rain
     00:00    52    52     19    20  (NNE)    709   cloudy     rain
     01:00    52    51     24    13  (NNE)    417   cloudy     rain
     02:00    51    50      7    11    (N)   1028   cloudy     rain
     03:00    50    49      8    95    (E)    878   cloudy     rain
     04:00    51    46      8   178    (S)    632   cloudy   lt rain
     05:00    51    47      8   179    (S)    532   cloudy     fog
     06:00    53    45      3   117  (ESE)    694   cloudy     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