Date: Sun, 28 Feb 2010 13:01:48 -0000 (UTC)
Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20100227
From: jwhueh@apo.nmsu.edu
                       Apache Point Observatory
                       3.5m Telescope Night Log
                       Saturday, February 27, 2010
                                                       ACTUAL
ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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W. Ketzeback     J. Huehnerhoff          TSPEC       --:--    --:--
J. Holtzman      J. Holtzman             TSPEC       --:--    --:--
A. Evans         O. Fox, A. Wong         TSPEC       --:--    --:--
  INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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NM08/O    18:07   19:07    0   1.0   0    0    0    0   0    0
NM09/R    19:07   00:10    0   5.0   0    0    0    0   0    0
UV03/R    00:10   06:24   0.1  6.1   0    0    0    0   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist:    J. Huehnerhoff
Lots of clouds at sunset.  They thinned a little around midnight but not
enough to open then thickened back up after an hour.  Around 01:30MT the
wind started to pick up.
time  spi_temp ion  dis_blue
1400  165.8K        -109.6C
2300  164.0K  0.02  -111.2C
0415  163.4K  0.02  -112.3C
0600  163.3K        -112.7C
                    ------- 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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               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    41     4     12   222   (SW)    469   cloudy     none
     17:00    39     6     19   206  (SSW)    529   cloudy     none
     18:00    39    10     15   187    (S)    564   cloudy     none
     19:00    39    10     13   188    (S)    608   cloudy     none
     20:00    38    10     12   160  (SSE)    660   cloudy     none
     21:00    35    16     13   160  (SSE)    625   cloudy     none
     22:00    35    17     21   174    (S)    597   cloudy     none
     23:00    34    17     17   160  (SSE)    559   cloudy     none
     00:00    37    16     15   182    (S)    639   cloudy     none
     01:00    37    17     26   191    (S)    812   cloudy     none
     02:00    37    17     28   180    (S)    920   cloudy     none
     03:00    37    16     22   199  (SSW)    915   cloudy     none
     04:00    36    17     23   182    (S)    886   cloudy     none
     05:00    35    18     29   191    (S)    998   cloudy     none
     06:00    34    18     17   158  (SSE)   1014   cloudy     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: 1.7.0