Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2011 05:14:53 -0700 (MST)
Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20110201
From: "Jack Dembicky"
                       Apache Point Observatory
                       3.5m Telescope Night Log
                       Tuesday, February 01, 2011
                                                        ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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W.Ketzeback       J.Dembicky            ECHELLE        --:--   --:--
S.Anderson        A.Mukadam             Agile          --:--   --:--
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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NM05/R     17:44   18:44   1.0   0    0    0    0    0    0    0
UW06/R     18:44   06:49  12.0   0    0    0    0    0    0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist:    J.Dembicky
Observatory closed tonight due to weather conditions and snow/ice on enclosure.
I spent the evening shoveling the front porch, figuring out what files I needed to compike the
latest beta TUi on my Windows Vista netbook, and running the snow program and DIS shutter program
(It was cold tonight (-13C) and not expected to get warm for the next few nights, when we will
need to use DIS on Thursday).
By 04:00 we had between 8 - 10 inches of fresh white snow on the ground (and it was still snowing).
I shut things down at 05:15.
                    ------- 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    19    14     18   237  (WSW)   5073   cloudy     snow
     17:00    18    14     18   223   (SW)  12689   cloudy     snow
     18:00    16    11     15   201  (SSW)   1618   cloudy     snow
     19:00    17    12     15   196  (SSW)  10430   cloudy     snow
     20:00    15    10      9   234   (SW)    553   cloudy     snow
     21:00     2    -3      2   264    (W)    948   cloudy     snow
     22:00    12     8     12   228   (SW)    814   cloudy   lt snow
     23:00     6     1     11   186    (S)    830   cloudy   lt snow
     00:00    10     5     13   196  (SSW)   1020   cloudy     snow
     01:00     6     0      7   184    (S)    926   cloudy     snow
     02:00    11     7     13   208  (SSW)   1025   cloudy     snow
     03:00     4    -3      2   168  (SSE)    833   cloudy     snow
     04:00     8     4     11   184    (S)    932   cloudy     snow
     05:00     7     2     12   177    (S)    898   cloudy     snow
     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