Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 04:43:25 -0700 (MST) From: Jack Dembicky Subject: 3.5m Night log 20070116 Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Tuesday, January 16, 2007 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- D.Bowen D.Bowen DIS --:-- --:-- E.Hoversten E.Hoversten DIS --:-- --:-- INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B --------------------------------------------------------------------- PU05 /R 18:17 00:00 5.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 JH03 /R 00:00 06:09 6.0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky Fog came in just at sunset and never left. Humidity too high all night long. We got a dusting of snow starting around 03:30. We gave up at 04:15 due to humidity, fog, and lt. snow. ------- FAILURE LOG ------- PROG INST FAILURE MODE TIME (SEDFNVOG) TI/SHU START FINISH DESCRIPTION ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------- FOCUS LOG --------------- Time Instrument Focus Az El Temp Strc Prim Sec Air filt FWHM ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------- 16:02 21 11 2 179 (S) 769 clear none 17:02 18 9 1 142 (SE) 906 cldy fog 18:02 17 14 12 107 (ESE) 768 cldy fog 19:02 20 19 19 134 (SE) 4689 cldy fog 20:02 20 20 14 136 (SE) 8156 cldy fog 21:02 21 20 20 139 (SE) 1267 cldy fog 22:02 22 19 14 159 (SSE) 1717 cldy fog 23:02 23 19 14 180 (S) 347 cldy fog 00:02 24 21 14 178 (S) 6314 cldy fog 01:02 26 22 13 183 (S) 1329 cldy fog 02:02 27 23 13 182 (S) 4210 cldy fog 03:02 28 24 18 193 (SSW) 3518 cldy Lt. Snow 04:02 26 23 18 181 (S) 549 cldy Lt. 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: 2.8.5 Current TUI version: TUI 1.2