Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20071029 Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 07:08:54 -0700 (MST) From: bketzeba@apo.nmsu.edu (Bill Ketzeback) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Monday, October 29, 2007 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- J.Holtzman J.Holtzman Echelle 18:00 01:00 A.West S.Schmidt Echelle,DIS 01:15 07:40 INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B --------------------------------------------------------------------- NM07/R 19:10 01:05 0 0 0 0 2.1 3.9 0 0 0 DD03/R 01:05 06:25 0 0 0 0 0 5.3 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: B.Ketzeback No problems tonight. ------- 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 18:47 ECHELLE -183(-736) 192 78 8.8 10.4 10.3 8.9 8.8 nd2 0.8 21:00 ECHELLE -189(-821) 140 44 7.9 8.0 8.4 6.8 7.4 clear 1.0 01:06 ECHELLE -107(-816) -3 66 6.9 6.7 7.2 6.2 6.8 nd2 0.6 03:35 dis-slit -115( -35) -11 77 6.7 6.6 7.0 6.3 6.6 - 1.0 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------- 16:00 56 10 6 232 (SW) 222 clear none 17:00 54 19 10 213 (SSW) 505 clear none 18:00 50 20 11 215 (SW) 554 clear none 19:00 48 13 13 175 (S) 347 clear none 20:00 47 12 14 177 (S) 354 ptly cldy none 21:00 46 19 12 177 (S) 565 ptly cldy none 22:00 45 15 17 166 (SSE) 370 mstly clr none 23:00 46 4 17 163 (SSE) 472 ptly cldy none 00:00 46 3 16 158 (SSE) 202 mstly cldy none 01:00 45 10 21 161 (SSE) 531 ptly cldy none 02:00 45 8 19 170 (S) 196 ptly cldy none 03:00 45 0 15 159 (SSE) 142 mstly clr none 04:00 44 6 17 185 (S) 226 clear none 05:00 43 13 17 185 (S) 354 clear none 06:00 44 12 13 191 (S) 463 mstly clr 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