Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 04:09:49 -0700 (MST) From: Jack Dembicky Subject: 3.5m Night log 20070117 Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday, January 17, 2007 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- P.Szkody P.Szkody DIS --:-- --:-- INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B --------------------------------------------------------------------- UW05/R 18:18 06:08 11.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky Clouds moved in around 16:00 and never left. We gave up around 4AM when radar was showing snow S/SE of us and lots of clouds all around. ------- 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 26 -3 4 288 (WNW) 145 cldy none 17:02 25 -1 9 336 (NNW) 171 cldy none 18:02 25 -11 11 300 (WNW) 124 cldy none 19:02 27 -13 5 325 (NW) 124 cldy none 20:02 27 -20 12 297 (WNW) 105 cldy none 21:02 27 -19 13 324 (NW) 117 cldy none 22:02 27 -19 8 336 (NNW) 103 cldy none 23:02 28 -20 8 268 (W) 130 cldy none 00:02 28 -17 10 260 (W) 124 cldy none 01:02 27 -5 201 cldy none 02:02 28 0 213 cldy none 03:02 29 6 253 cldy none 04:02 29 15 264 cldy 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: 2.8.5 Current TUI version: TUI 1.2