Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2010 06:08:22 -0600 (MDT)
Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20101102
From: "Jack Dembicky"
                        Apache Point Observatory
                        3.5m Telescope Night Log
                       Tuesday November 02, 2010
                                                         ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER     OBSERVER(S)             INSTRUMENT    START  FINISH
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 D.Hogg         L.Winter, D.Hogg        DIS           18:21  00:45
 B.Ketzeback    J.Dembicky              Echelle       01:00  02:00
 J.Prieto       J.Prieto                DIS           02:00  02:40
  PROG        SCHEDULED      WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH    D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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 CU01/O    18:20  01:00      0    0    0    0   6.7   0    0    0
 UW17/W    01:00  02:00      0    0    0    0   1.0   0    0    0
 PU04/R    02:00  07:14     1.8  2.8   0    0   0.7   0    0    0
   note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
                ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
 Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky
 A clear night with better seeing conditions tonight for first half.  Winds picked up around 2:30
and that closed us for the remainder of the night.  50+ MPH gusts most of 2nd half.
                ------------- 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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  19:04 dis-slit   440(  785)  78  76   5.4  8.0  6.0  7.3  6.8   --  1.40
 22:56 dis-slit   -10(  221) -94  45   5.4  5.2  5.5  5.0  5.2   --  1.80
 01:15 ECHELLE    24( -742) 124  64   5.1  4.7  5.1  4.6  4.8   ND3  1.05
 02:08 dis-slit    14(  204)   0  57   5.1  4.7  5.0  4.6  4.7   --  1.35
                 ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    44    27      8   268    (W)    688    clear     none
     17:00    44    27      3    39   (NE)    697    clear     none
     18:00    41    25      2    65  (ENE)    516    clear     none
     19:00    42    22     11    52   (NE)    258    clear     none
     20:00    43    20      8     6    (N)    158    clear     none
     21:00    43    21     13     7    (N)    125    clear     none
     22:00    42    21      8    54   (NE)    129    clear     none
     23:00    42    21     18    21  (NNE)    132    clear     none
     00:00    42    22     11    17  (NNE)    116    clear     none
     01:00    41    22     18    30  (NNE)    141    clear     none
     02:00    41    25     17    74  (ENE)    156    clear     none
     03:00    40    27     21    50   (NE)    288    clear     none
     04:00    40    27     35    65  (ENE)    268    clear     none
     05:00    40    27     50    71  (ENE)    296    clear     none
     06:00    39    28     45    70  (ENE)    272    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