Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2010 04:44:28 -0600 (MDT)
Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20100427
From: "Jack Dembicky"
                        Apache Point Observatory
                        3.5m Telescope Night Log
                         Tuesday April 27, 2010
                                                         ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER     OBSERVER(S)             INSTRUMENT    START  FINISH
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 M.Klaene       J.Dembicky              NICFPS, S-H   19:51  05:00
                                        Agile, SPIcam
  PROG        SCHEDULED      WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH    D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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 EN01/R     19:51  06:11     0    0    0    0   0.1 10.3   0    0
   note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
                ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
 Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky
Spicam temp at start of night 169.5K
Spicam temp at end of night 164.0K
Engineering Task List
Clear night tasks
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1) Out of focus Nicfps bright star tests for JW. (email instructions
to be sent next) - Done
Data found in /export/images/Q2APO/nicfps
2) Collimation check - Done, minor change implemented
3) Fritz Agile high alt transit test - Done
Data found in /export/images/Q2APO/agile
4) Fastcam (per wiki,note new wind rules) - Done
wrt000alt60 - started UT08:36:00
wrt045alt60 - started UT08:55:40
wrt090alt60 - started UT09:11:55
wrt180alt60 - started UT09:30:00
5) Spicam Flats & test images
Data found in /export/images/Q2APO/spicam
We had cirrus most of the night.  I finished a little before 05:00.
                ------------- 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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 20:52 NICFPS   -35(  614) 132  78   7.8  9.1  8.6  7.5  7.8   J  0.86
 22:50 SHACK  -210(  545) 220  60   7.5  7.1  7.3  6.1  6.8   --  1.00
 00:09 SPICAM   106(  307) 226  49   7.5  6.8  7.2  6.2  6.8   R  1.10
 00:22 AGILE   106(-2016)  87  81   6.7  6.7  7.1  6.1  6.6   V  0.94
 02:23 FASTCAM   -44(  598) -14  72   7.4  7.0  7.4  6.7  7.1   --  0.96
 02:31 FASTCAM   181(  826) -44  65   7.2  7.0  7.4  6.8  7.1   --  1.20
                 ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    51    27      7   262    (W)   1547    clear     none
     17:00    56    31     13   212  (SSW)   1629    clear     none
     18:00    54    31     15   225   (SW)   1737    clear     none
     19:00    51    31     14   229   (SW)   1835    clear     none
     20:00    45    28      8   186    (S)   1481    clear     none
     21:00    45    25      9   184    (S)   1580  ptly cldy   none
     22:00    45    28      8   185    (S)   1538  ptly cldy   none
     23:00    46    28     11   188    (S)   1637 mstly cldy   none
     00:00    46    26     12   200  (SSW)   1817 mstly cldy   none
     01:00    45    26     14   215   (SW)   2030 mstly cldy   none
     02:00    45    26     13   216   (SW)   1915 mstly cldy   none
     03:00    45    26     13   223   (SW)   1834 mstly cldy   none
     04:00    43    29     16   218   (SW)   1828 mstly 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: 2.11.1
      Current TUI version: 1.7.2