Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2011 07:49:27 -0700 (MST)
Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20110108
From: jwhueh@apo.nmsu.edu
                       Apache Point Observatory
                       3.5m Telescope Night Log
                       Saturday, January 08, 2011
                                                        ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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T.Murphy          R.McMillan            APOLLO         17:35   18:23
J.Hughes          J.Hughes              SPICAM         18:26   00:12
H.Weaver          H.Weaver              SPICAM         00:12   06:45
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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DD02/R     17:22   18:22    0   0.2   0    0   0.0  0.8   0    0
UW07/R     18:22   00:10    0    0    0    0   2.6  3.2   0    0
JH04/R     00:10   06:58    0    0    0    0   6.8  0.0   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist:    J.Huehnerhoff
Crazy weather to start the night, light clouds, rapidly turning to thick
clouds with radar returns at sunset.  Thirty minutes later a hole formed
and we were able to open.  Decent/stable/clear seeing the remainder of the
night.
Severe problems with APOLLO pointing.  The pointing was 140 arcseconds off
which meant all of APOLLO time was used trying to figure this out, time
ran out before any solution could be found.  When changing back to NA2
pointing was checked and looked good.
                    ------- 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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 18:34 SPICAM    82( -541) -31  36  -3.3 -2.2 -2.5 -3.1 -3.0   MSSSO R  1.05
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    30    11     16   259    (W)    636   cloudy     none
     17:00    29    13     11   264    (W)    737   cloudy     none
     18:00    27    12     11   265    (W)    581    clear     none
     19:00    26    15     11   277    (W)    704    clear     none
     20:00    26    15     19   292  (WNW)    656    clear     none
     21:00    25    17     13   305   (NW)    603    clear     none
     22:00    25    18      9   311   (NW)    496 mstly clr    none
     23:00    25    18     12   332  (NNW)    489 mstly clr    none
     00:00    25    19     12   288  (WNW)    508    clear     none
     01:00    25    17      9   351    (N)    363    clear     none
     02:00    26    15      7   359    (N)    331    clear     none
     03:00    25    12     10   358    (N)    279    clear     none
     04:00    25    15     14   356    (N)    276    clear     none
     05:00    24    15     12     7    (N)    299    clear     none
     06:00    26    14     11   352    (N)    266    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: 2.14.0
    Current TUI version: 1.8.5