Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 06:33:22 -0600 (MDT)
Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20090929
From: "Jack Dembicky"
                        Apache Point Observatory
                        3.5m Telescope Night Log
                        Tuesday September 29, 2009
                                                         ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER     OBSERVER(S)             INSTRUMENT    START  FINISH
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 M.Gladders     E.Wuyts                  NICFPS       19:05  01:00
 W.Bhatti       W.Bhatti                 SPIcam       01:10  06:30
   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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 UC03/R     19:43  01:05    0    0    0    0    0   5.4   0    0    0
 JH05/R     01:05  06:04    0    0    0    0   2.5  2.5   0    0    0
  note: scheduled times listed include instrument chanyes, some ge time
                ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
 Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky
No problems tonight.  A few pesky local clouds after 03:00.
                ------------- FAILURE 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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 19:21 NICFPS   183( 1244)  59  37  14.9 16.8 15.6 15.4 15.7   H     0.81
 20:21 NICFPS    53( 1026)  32  51  14.8 15.5 15.2 14.4 14.9   H     0.57
 20:22 NA2gdr -2296(40703)  32  51  14.9 15.5 15.2 14.4 14.9   clear 0.85
 01:18 SPICAM    75(  658)  63  36  13.6 14.2 14.5 13.8 14.1   i'    1.00
 01:19 NA2gdr  1045(31045)  63  36  13.6 14.2 14.4 13.8 14.1   clear 1.10
                 ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     17:00    66    44     11   224   (SW)    885    clear     none
     18:00    63    43     17   233   (SW)    735    clear     none
     19:00    59    41     12   225   (SW)    851    clear     none
     20:00    59    41     15   213  (SSW)    808    clear     none
     21:00    59    40     16   221   (SW)    909    clear     none
     22:00    59    41     13   207  (SSW)   1259    clear     none
     23:00    59    41     16   211  (SSW)   1174    clear     none
     00:00    58    40     14   197  (SSW)    833    clear     none
     01:00    58    43     15   184    (S)    789    clear     none
     02:00    58    44     22   197  (SSW)    844    clear     none
     03:00    57    44     23   196  (SSW)    822  ptly cldy   none
     04:00    56    44     25   202  (SSW)    706  ptly cldy   none
     05:00    55    45     26   216   (SW)    759  ptly cldy   none
     06:00    53    45     21   205  (SSW)    810 mstly clr    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