Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2011 06:10:19 -0700 (MST)
Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20110228
From: "Jack Dembicky"
                       Apache Point Observatory
                       3.5m Telescope Night Log
                       Monday, February 28, 2011
                                                        ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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S.Bickerton       S.Bickerton           DIS            17:45   00:11
J.Gauthier        J.Gauthier            DIS            00:25   06:30
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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PU06/R     18:08   00:10    0    0    0    0   6.0  0.0   0    0
UC01/R     00:10   06:23    0    0    0    0   4.1  2.1   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist:    J.Dembicky
Echelle -111C @ 12:19UT
Mostly clear skies but poor seeing during 1st half tonight.
We had a dome collision as I slewed to a focus star at switchover, at
midnight.  We lost about 15 mins getting things reset.
Seeing improve a little 2nd half.
                    ------- 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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 01:56 dis-slit   272( -244) 154  24   0.2  4.5  2.0  2.6  3.9   --  4.40
 07:35 dis-slit   113( -657) 205  79   0.8  0.7  0.9  0.1  0.4   --  1.70
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    42     8      6   187    (S)    532    clear     none
     17:00    39     8      4   243  (WSW)    511    clear     none
     18:00    35     7     10   137   (SE)    501 mstly clr    none
     19:00    32     6     16   147  (SSE)    599 mstly clr    none
     20:00    31     5     16   153  (SSE)    504    clear     none
     21:00    36    -1     17   175    (S)    244    clear     none
     22:00    37    -6     17   175    (S)     46    clear     none
     23:00    35    -7     18   173    (S)     55    clear     none
     00:00    34    -8     19   162  (SSE)    296    clear     none
     01:00    33     1     16   185    (S)    382    clear     none
     02:00    33     0     13   181    (S)    328    clear     none
     03:00    34    -1     15   198  (SSW)    302    clear     none
     04:00    35     0     13   210  (SSW)    316    clear     none
     05:00    35     6     11   238  (WSW)    787    clear     none
     06:00    35    10     12   239  (WSW)    807    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: 1.8.6