Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2009 05:38:49 -0600 (MDT)
Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20090906
From: "Jack Dembicky"
                        Apache Point Observatory
                        3.5m Telescope Night Log
                        Sunday September 06, 2009
                                                         ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER     OBSERVER(S)             INSTRUMENT    START  FINISH
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 M.Klaene       J.Dembicky              Agile         20:17  03:30
   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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 EN02/O     20:15  05:48    0   2.3   0    0    0   7.2   0    0    0
  note: scheduled times listed include instrument chanyes, some ge time
                ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
 Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky
 I started the night by doing more agile stray light tests (it was cloudy).  I found Agile
non-responsive and needing a good reboot.  We had clouds so it wasn't too big of a deal, but
until we get the replacement Nimble HD we should be checking Agile out at least 2hrs ahead of use
time, just in case of problems.
Took alt 60 dat fastcam for Bill.  I also processed the wrt000alt60 and wrt045alt60 data sequences
for Bill.
Next I tried to observe SN2009ig with DIS.  This took much longer than it should have due to
clouds forming in the direction of the SN.  The first couple test images looked double peaked (out
of focus, not suprising as focus sweep showed variable seeing). I refocused and got a nice
sharp(er) image and then the clouds really formed on top of us.  I guess the cloud gods got the
best of us on this object tonight!
I gave up at 05:20 due to thick clouds.
                ------------- 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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 00:30 FASTCAM   100(  964)  36  66  10.9 11.4 11.6 10.9 11.1   --  0.91
 03:16 dis-slit    22(  152)  33  51  10.5 10.5 10.8  9.9 10.5   --  1.25
 03:35 dis-slit   125(  255)  26  53  10.5 10.6 10.9 10.1 10.7   --  1.32
                 ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    55    49     10    77  (ENE)   1243  ptly cldy lt rain
     17:00    55    47      9    83    (E)    973  ptly cldy   none
     18:00    57    43      5   109  (ESE)    855  ptly cldy   none
     19:00    56    43      1   163  (SSE)    855  ptly cldy   none
     20:00    55    43      2   204  (SSW)    967  ptly cldy   none
     21:00    54    43      1   190    (S)   1021 mstly clr    none
     22:00    53    43      2   132   (SE)   1056 mstly clr    none
     23:00    53    43      8   147  (SSE)   1030  ptly cldy   none
     00:00    53    45     15   132   (SE)   1342  ptly cldy   none
     01:00    51    46      8   121  (ESE)   1461    clear     none
     02:00    52    46      7   134   (SE)   1527  ptly cldy   none
     03:00    51    46      4   179    (S)   1449 mstly cldy   none
     04:00    52    45      6   183    (S)   1302   cloudy     none
     05:00    52    45      4   188    (S)   1289   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
      Current TUI version: TUI 1.6