Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2009 06:29:40 -0600 (MDT)
Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20090803
From: "Jack Dembicky"
                        Apache Point Observatory
                        3.5m Telescope Night Log
                        Monday, August 03, 2009
                                                         ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER     OBSERVER(S)             INSTRUMENT    START  FINISH
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 R.Plotkin      R.Plotkin               TSPEC          --:--  --:--
 T.Murphy       T.Murphy                APOLLO         --:--  --:--
 G.Wallerstein  G.Wallerstein           Echelle        01:40  06:50
   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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 DD04/R     20:59  00:06    0   3.1   0    0    0    0    0    0    0
 DD01/R     00:06  01:06    0   1.0   0    0    0    0    0    0    0
 UW13/R     01:06  05:21    0   0.6   0    0   0.3  3.4   0    0    0
  note: scheduled times listed include instrument chanyes, some ge time
                ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
 Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky
 Clouds at start of night.  Skies finally started to clear and we opened around 01:40.
 No problems tonight.
                ------------- 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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02:01 ECHELLE     3( -235)  34  47  17.1 17.2 17.1 16.2 16.8   ND1  1.30
                 ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     18:00    69    52      1   225   (SW)   1709 mstly cldy   none
     19:00    64    50     13   138   (SE)   1811 mstly cldy   none
     20:00    63    50      9   113  (ESE)   1894   cloudy     none
     21:00    63    44     22    66  (ENE)   1776   cloudy     none
     22:00    64    40      7   109  (ESE)   1339   cloudy   lt rain
     23:00    63    44     13   183    (S)   2036   cloudy     none
     00:00    60    49     16   132   (SE)   2957   cloudy     none
     01:00    63    46      1   331  (NNW)   2366  ptly cldy   none
     02:00    63    43      5   295  (WNW)   1594  ptly cldy   none
     03:00    61    42      8    14  (NNE)   1584  ptly cldy   none
     04:00    64    43      7   358    (N)   1575 mstly clr    none
     05:00    61    47      7   356    (N)   2197 mstly clr    none
     06:00    62    44     10    11    (N)   1845  ptly cldy   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