From: Russet McMillan Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20071001 Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2007 05:07:19 -0600 (MDT) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Monday, October 01, 2007 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- N.Silvestri M.Agueros DIS --:-- --:-- T.Murphy R.McMillan Apollo --:-- --:-- J.Carlin J.Carlin DIS --:-- --:-- INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- UW09/R 19:41 01:05 2.7 2.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UW15/O 01:05 02:05 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UV03/R 02:05 06:05 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: R.McMillan Cloudy, humid, rainy. I did lots of tests of altitude magnesensors (errors are still too big for comfort), tertiary rotation (clamps were fine on all moves), and fiducial polarization with the APOLLO laser. ------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 16:00 51 49 19 139 (SE) 533 cloudy rain 17:00 53 50 17 179 (S) 727 cloudy humid 18:00 54 52 17 167 (SSE) 826 cloudy humid 19:00 54 50 18 181 (S) 566 cloudy humid 20:00 54 51 18 183 (S) 652 cloudy rain 21:00 52 52 10 179 (S) 2558 cloudy rain 22:00 53 53 19 203 (SSW) 2315 cloudy lt rain 23:00 53 53 16 201 (SSW) 15188 cloudy lt rain 00:00 53 54 15 205 (SSW) 1237 cloudy lt rain 01:00 53 54 15 219 (SW) 1007 cloudy humid 02:00 53 54 12 265 (W) 781 cloudy humid 03:00 52 53 13 270 (W) 3505 cloudy humid 04:00 51 52 13 284 (WNW) 24779 cloudy humid 05:00 51 52 12 278 (W) 2696 cloudy humid 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: 2.9.1 Current TUI version: TUI 1.4