Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 06:59:05 -0700 (MST) From: Jack Dembicky Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20070124 Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday, January 24, 2007 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- A.Verbiscer A.Verbiscer SPIcam 17:20 18:25 Echelle 18:25 19:30 SPIcam 19:30 00:00 M.Shin M.Shin DIS 00:00 06:55 INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B --------------------------------------------------------------------- UV01/O 18:24 00:00 0 0 0 0 0 5.6 0 0 0 PU04/R 00:00 06:06 0 0 0 0 6.1 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky 02:05 DISslit shutter stuck. It took several exosures to get it unstuck, then seemed to work fine. Seeing was poor tonight with a gusty ENE wind most of the night (caused lots of mirror shake since that was where my observers targets tended to be). ------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:33 Echelle 0(-1249) 85 69 -6.3 -5.7 -6.3 -6.6 -6.3 ND1 1.8 19:24 SPIcam 0(-324) 44 71 -6.7 -6.5 -6.9 -7.0 -6.7 R 1.9 19:34 NA2gdr -3196(29803) 38 72 -6.8 -6.6 -7.0 -7.1 -6.7 R 1.6 21:52 SPIcam 75(-668) 75 55 -7.1 -7.4 -8.0 -7.9 -7.3 R 2.7 00:10 DISslit 53(-430) 179 68 -6.2 -6.8 -7.6 -7.4 -6.4 -- 2.0 01:41 DISslit 33(-441) 328 57 -5.9 -6.6 -7.3 -7.4 -6.2 -- 2.7 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------- 16:00 25 16 170 clear none 17:00 23 15 196 clear none 18:00 21 14 131 clear none 19:00 20 12 197 clear none 20:00 20 11 159 clear none 21:00 19 11 117 clear none 22:00 19 7 349 clear none 23:00 20 8 355 clear none 00:00 20 9 296 clear none 01:00 21 10 243 clear none 02:00 21 12 210 clear none 03:00 21 13 211 clear none 04:00 21 13 205 clear none 05:00 23 14 106 clear none 06:00 23 14 75 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: 2.8.5 Current TUI version: TUI 1.2