Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20071112 Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 06:27:39 -0700 (MST) From: bketzeba@apo.nmsu.edu (Bill Ketzeback) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Monday, November 12th, 2007 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- J.Stocke J.Stocke,K.Willett, Nicfps 22:15 00:20 A.Ginsburg A.Mukadam A.Mukadam AGILE 00:30 06:25 INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B --------------------------------------------------------------------- CU04/R 18:00 00:05 3.4 0.9 0 0 1.8 0 0 0 0 UW10/R 00:05 05:36 0 0 0 0 5.5 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: B.Ketzeback AzVelScales: Was: 586.0 Measured: 585.3, 589.8 avg 587.5 (no change) We were closed much of first half due to overcast skies. Seeing for the rest of the night was good to moderate. 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 22:23 NICFPS -120( 470) 13 77 6.6 6.8 7.0 6.4 6.5 H 0.6 22:27 NA2gdr -3767(41333) 10 75 6.6 6.7 7.0 6.4 6.5 R+nd2 0.8 00:40 OLDAGILE -150( 385) -5 77 6.9 6.7 7.1 6.5 6.8 BG40 0.6 00:43 NA2gdr -781(37318) -7 77 6.9 6.7 7.1 6.5 6.8 R+nd2 0.8 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------- 16:00 48 27 6 137 (SE) 862 cloudy none 17:00 46 28 6 144 (SE) 801 cloudy none 18:00 45 27 11 119 (ESE) 895 cloudy none 19:00 45 27 10 143 (SE) 858 cloudy none 20:00 45 27 11 143 (SE) 1045 mstly cldy none 21:00 45 27 13 137 (SE) 961 mstly clr none 22:00 44 27 16 144 (SE) 1141 clear none 23:00 44 27 14 176 (S) 761 clear none 00:00 45 27 14 179 (S) 733 clear none 01:00 44 28 13 176 (S) 762 clear none 02:00 45 27 10 179 (S) 781 mstly cldy none 03:00 45 27 10 177 (S) 896 mstly clr none 04:00 44 27 11 194 (SSW) 849 mstly clr none 05:00 43 27 8 199 (SSW) 828 clear none 06:00 44 26 8 253 (WSW) 718 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 1.4.2