Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2010 13:33:55 -0000 (UTC)
Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20101210
From: "Gabrelle Saurage"
                       Apache Point Observatory
                       3.5m Telescope Night Log
                       Friday, December 10, 2010
                                                            ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)           INSTRUMENT       START  FINISH
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 J.Coughlin      J.Coughlin            DIS              17:05  18:36
 A.Meisner       C.MacLeod             DIS              18:38  00:00
 A.Kowalski      A.Kowalski            DIS              00:02  06:40
    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     17:06   18:36    0    0    0    0    0   1.5   0    0
 PU09/R     18:36   00:00    0    0    0    0   2.0  3.4   0    0
 UW01/R     00:00   06:47    0    0    0    0   6.8   0    0    0
 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
               ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
 Observing Specialist:    G.Saurage
Thin clouds all night and high winds second half. Gusts between 35 and 38 mph often
but stayed open facing away from wind. Poor seeing. No telescope problems.
                     ------- 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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 17:34 dis-slit   401(  -97) -129  54   5.4  5.9  5.8  5.5  5.4     1.35
 19:14 dis-slit   279( -240)   55  40   5.2  5.1  5.3  4.9  5.0     1.43
 00:07 dis-slit   226( -424) -172  70   3.1  3.1  3.4  3.1  3.1     1.95
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
    ------------------------------------------------------------------
     16:00    43    23     21   306   (NW)    304  ptly cldy   none
     17:00    41    24     17   312   (NW)    222  ptly cldy   none
     18:00    42    25     13   294  (WNW)    670  ptly cldy   none
     19:00    42    25     23   294  (WNW)    647  ptly cldy   none
     20:00    42    23     16   303  (WNW)    923  ptly cldy   none
     21:00    40    23     10     1    (N)    792  ptly cldy   none
     22:00    39    18      5   293  (WNW)    342  ptly cldy   none
     23:00    38    17     18   325   (NW)    446  ptly cldy   none
     00:00    38    16     19   339  (NNW)    890  ptly cldy   none
     01:00    37    18     10   358    (N)    459  ptly cldy   none
     02:00    37    20     20   340  (NNW)    360  ptly cldy   none
     03:00    37    20      4    54   (NE)    265  ptly cldy   none
     04:00    37    21     26     8    (N)    288  ptly cldy   none
     05:00    36    21      6     5    (N)    202  ptly cldy   none
     06:00    36    21     21   351    (N)    213  ptly cldy   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: 2.14.0
    Current TUI version: 1.8.4