Date: Tue, 10 May 2011 05:37:19 -0600 (MDT)
Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20110509
From: "Jack Dembicky"
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Monday, May 09, 2011
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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G.Gyuk            G.Gyuk, M.Hammergren  DIS            23:45   01:00
B.Balick          B.Balick              DIS            01:00   05:45
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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UC06/R     19:59   01:10   3.9   0    0    0   0.0  1.3   0    0
UW07/R     01:10   06:00    0    0    0    0   4.6  0.2   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky
Dust and wind to start the night, which kept us closed until almost midnight.
No problems tonight.
DIS Blue started the night at around -85C and at the end of the night was reading -92C.
                    ------- 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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 23:52 dis-slit   339(  120)  43  56  10.0 11.7 11.5 10.7 10.6   --  1.40
 01:13 dis-slit   302(   15) -155  34   9.4  9.6  9.8  9.1  9.2   --  1.70
 03:06 dis-slit   193( -217)  61  64   7.3  8.0  8.2  7.4  7.5   --  1.40
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    61    18     27   261    (W)   3942    clear     dust
     17:00    63    21     22   231   (SW)  10396    clear     dust
     18:00    61    18     31   222   (SW)  15397    clear     dust
     19:00    58    16     26   237  (WSW)  15648    clear     dust
     20:00    54    12     28   234   (SW)  17329    clear     dust
     21:00    53    11     30   219   (SW)  14522    clear     dust
     22:00    52    11     25   236   (SW)  10342 mstly clr    dust
     23:00    51    10     27   245  (WSW)   5594 mstly clr    dust
     00:00    50    10     26   265    (W)   2450 mstly clr    none
     01:00    49    12     20   262    (W)   1702    clear     none
     02:00    48    14     28   239  (WSW)   1579    clear     none
     03:00    47    18     23   239  (WSW)   1419    clear     none
     04:00    46    20     20   216   (SW)   1416    clear     none
     05:00    46    22     19   205  (SSW)   1352    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: 1.8.7