Date: Sat, 9 Jan 2010 14:18:21 -0000 (UTC)
Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20100108
From: jwhueh@apo.nmsu.edu
                       Apache Point Observatory
                       3.5m Telescope Night Log
                       Friday, January 08, 2010
                                                       ACTUAL
ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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P. Kundurthy     P. Kundurthy           TSPEC        17:20    18:18
D. York          C. Grady, G.Hilton     GFP          18:23    00:04
                 J.Hornbeck, B.Daly
R. Reyes         R. Reyes               DIS          00:14    05:56
T. Murphy        R. McMillan            APOLLO       06:03    07:00
  INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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UW01/R    17:23   18:30    0    0    0    0   1.1   0    0    0
UC03/O    18:30   00:10    0    0    0    0   5.7   0    0    0
PU02/R    00:10   05:58    0    0    0    0   2.1  3.7   0    0
DD01/O    06:04   06:58    0    0    0    0    0   1.0   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist:    J. Huehnerhoff
At time of checkout I verified that the roof was safe to open.
Variable, poor seeing first half which improved greatly second half as
light clouds rolled overhead.
                    ------- 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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 17:36 TSPEC   158(   11)  94  44  -3.1 -1.5 -2.0 -2.7 -2.2   clear  1.21
 18:53 GFP   208(  -82)   9  53  -3.2 -3.1 -3.2 -4.5 -3.6   4600A  1.56
 19:52 GFP   125( -189) -15  52  -3.6 -3.6 -3.4 -4.2 -3.7   4253A  1.90
 22:03 GFP   425(  197) -55  36  -1.0 -2.4 -1.6 -2.4 -1.9   4253A  1.83
 00:25 dis-slit   250( -238)  18  74  -1.2 -1.8 -1.4 -2.3 -1.7   clear  0.94
 06:03 APOLLO    75(  415)  40  39  -1.4 -1.9 -1.6 -2.5 -2.0   clear  1.50
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    26    -1     18    28  (NNE)    143    clear     none
     17:00    25    -4     18    24  (NNE)    159    clear     none
     18:00    26   -16     20    30  (NNE)     94    clear     none
     19:00    26   -14     17    19  (NNE)    273    clear     none
     20:00    26   -10     21    19  (NNE)    136    clear     none
     21:00    29    -6     12     3    (N)    166    clear     none
     22:00    29    -6     13     9    (N)     78    clear     none
     23:00    30    -8     15    30  (NNE)    122    clear     none
     00:00    30   -13     14    18  (NNE)    154    clear     none
     01:00    29   -12     12   360    (N)    118 mstly clr    none
     02:00    29    -8      9   342  (NNW)    106 mstly clr    none
     03:00    30    -8     13     5    (N)    121 mstly clr    none
     04:00    31    -9     14     7    (N)     84 mstly clr    none
     05:00    29   -10     25    30  (NNE)     76 mstly clr    none
     06:00    29   -14     12    11    (N)     96 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: 2.11.1
    Current TUI version: 1.6.2