Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2010 07:37:59 -0600
Subject: [35m-nightlogs] 3.5m Night Log 20101022
From: Nicholas Ule
                        Apache Point Observatory
                        3.5m Telescope Night Log
                       Saturday October 23, 2010
                                                         ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER     OBSERVER(S)             INSTRUMENT    START  FINISH
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 A. Kowalski   A. Kowalski, A Brown     DIS           18:30   22:35
 M. Klaene     R. McMillan              AGILE/DIS     22:35   00:30
 J. Davenport  J. Davenport, S. Schmidt DIS           00:30   07:06
  PROG        SCHEDULED      WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH    D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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 UW12/R     18:30  22:30     0    0    0    0    0   4.0   0    0
 EN01/X     22:30  00:30     0    0    0    0    0   2.0   0    0
 DD06/R     00:30  07:06     0    0    0    0    0   6.6   0    0
   note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
                ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
 Observing Specialist: N. Ule
Night started partly cloudy but observers had bright targets to work with.
 Seeing was poor until cloud system passed to the East.  Began Engineering
at 22:40, goal was to work on TR2 tertiary tilt and NA2 pointing models.
 Second half observers started promptly and had no problems for the rest of
the night.
                ------------- 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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 19:22 DIS        375      208 70  4.6  5.23 4.75 4.73 4.75   -    1.34
 20:50 DIS        250      232 63  3.4  4.01 3.91 3.56 3.59   -    1.31
                 ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    42    27     23   290  (WNW)    200  ptly cldy   none
     17:00    43    26     19   297  (WNW)    242  ptly cldy   none
     18:00    40    26     19   284  (WNW)    265  ptly cldy   none
     19:00    41    26     12   269    (W)    317  ptly cldy   none
     20:00    40    27     13   265    (W)    410  ptly cldy   none
     21:00    38    27     15   261    (W)    454  ptly cldy   none
     22:00    37    28     11   267    (W)    570  mstly clr   none
     23:00    38    28     12   350    (N)    321  mstly clr   none
     00:00    38    26     20     7    (N)    270    clear     none
     01:00    37    27      2   342  (NNW)    251    clear     none
     02:00    36    27      6   342  (NNW)    254    clear     none
     03:00    36    28     12   300  (WNW)    308    clear     none
     04:00    35    28      1   273    (W)    294    clear     none
     05:00    35    29      2   294  (WNW)    377    clear     none
     06:00    36    29     13   324   (NW)    442    clear     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: 2.13.0
      Current TUI version: 1.8.4