Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2007 07:18:42 -0600 (MDT) From: Jack Dembicky Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20071011 Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Thursday, October 11, 2007 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- J.Holtzamn J.Coughlin DIS 18:15 01:00 B.Balick K.Kwitter DIS 01:00 07:15 INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B --------------------------------------------------------------------- NM08/R 19:29 01:05 0 0 0 0 5.6 0 0 0 0 UW06/R 01:05 06:12 0 0 0 0 5.1 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky AZ Vel Scale was 580.0 Measured 577.16 No Change Made ALT Vel Scale was -633.9 Measured -629.0 Changed to -632.0 No problems ------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:15 DISSlit 54(615) 47 47 13.6 17.4 15.5 15.0 14.6 -- 1.4 01:05 DISSlit -80(303) -44 42 13.1 12.9 13.3 12.4 12.9 -- 1.2 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions --------------------------------------------------------------------- 16:00 61 34 1 294 (WNW) 585 clear none 17:00 63 32 10 280 (W) 486 clear none 18:00 60 29 0 298 (WNW) 371 clear none 19:00 57 35 3 272 (W) 564 clear none 20:00 57 35 5 178 (S) 586 clear none 21:00 57 37 5 184 (S) 815 clear none 22:00 56 38 11 184 (S) 811 clear none 23:00 56 36 12 195 (SSW) 710 clear none 00:00 56 36 11 198 (SSW) 673 clear none 01:00 56 35 15 231 (SW) 715 clear none 02:00 56 35 9 207 (SSW) 958 clear none 03:00 55 35 13 231 (SW) 753 clear none 04:00 55 34 12 239 (WSW) 645 clear none 05:00 53 36 12 204 (SSW) 774 clear none 06:00 54 35 12 244 (WSW) 726 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: 2.9.1 Current TUI version: TUI 1.4.1