Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2010 04:53:21 -0700 (MST)
Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20101111
From: "Jack Dembicky"
                       Apache Point Observatory
                       3.5m Telescope Night Log
                       Thursday, November 11, 2010
                                                        ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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J.Coughlin        J.Coughlin            DIS            17:13   18:43
J.Knapp           J.Knapp               DIS            --:--   --:--
M.Strauss         M.Shin                DIS            18:43   00:00
J.Prieto          J.Prieto              DIS            00:00   00:45
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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NM06/R     17:13   18:43    0    0    0    0   0.0  1.5   0    0
PU03/O/N   18:43   19:43    0    0    0    0   0.0   0    0    0
PU08/R     18:43   00:00    0    0    0    0   1.7  3.6   0    0
PU04/R     00:00   06:22   5.6   0    0    0   0.8  0.0   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist:    J.Dembicky
PU03 program time was given to PU08.
Clouds started moving in around 20:00.  Got thick enought to close us a little before 01:00 and
kept us closed (and humiidty) for the rest of the night.  We gave up at 04:41 with high humidity
and clouds.
                    ------- 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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 17:31 dis-slit   376(  599) 211  71   2.8  5.6  3.7  4.2  3.9   --  1.90
 18:47 dis-slit   198(  312) 315  85   1.8  3.4  2.5  2.1  2.4   --  1.46
 18:51 NA2gdr  6498(28498) 310  84   1.8  3.3  2.6  2.1  2.3   clear  1.30
 23:06 dis-slit    14(   -3)   2  49  -0.5  0.3  0.1 -0.5 -0.2   --  4.00
 00:07 dis-slit    23(  -60) -80  42  -2.8 -1.2 -1.7 -2.2 -2.1   --  4.70
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    41    21     10   245  (WSW)    950    clear     none
     17:00    38    20     11   233   (SW)    958    clear     none
     18:00    36    19      1   200  (SSW)   1037    clear     none
     19:00    36    17      5   349    (N)    818 mstly clr    none
     20:00    36    18      5   284  (WNW)    943  ptly cldy   none
     21:00    36    18      6   327  (NNW)    882  ptly cldy   none
     22:00    34    18      4     0    (N)    890  ptly cldy   none
     23:00    30    15     11    12  (NNE)    908  ptly cldy   none
     00:00    28    14     11    10    (N)    801  ptly cldy   none
     01:00    30    19      2   352    (N)    908   cloudy   lt snow
     02:00    30    21     17   221   (SW)    898 mstly cldy lt snow
     03:00    28    21     13   271    (W)    766  ptly cldy   none
     04:00    25    22      9   284  (WNW)    814   cloudy    humid
     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