Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2007 06:13:30 -0700 (MST) From: Jack Dembicky Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20071106 Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Tuesday, November 06, 2007 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- A.Shapley M.Shin, X.Liu DIS 17:40 23:41 M.Gladders M.Gladders DIS 00:05 05:52 INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B --------------------------------------------------------------------- PU02/R 18:03 00:05 0 0 0 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 UC02/R 00:05 05:31 0 0 0 0 4.3 1.2 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky We had a non-std grating setup for first half so they needed to finish early so I could re-install/calibrate the default gratings ------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 17:51 DISslit -9(265) 8 68 9.4 11.1 10.1 10.1 9.5 -- 0.9 00:12 DISslit -40(142) 16 55 8.8 8.8 9.1 8.4 8.9 -- 1.1 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions --------------------------------------------------------------------- 16:00 53 16 5 260 (W) 1001 cirrus none 17:00 48 15 6 263 (W) 970 cirrus none 18:00 49 22 6 255 (WSW) 1062 lt. cirrus none 19:00 48 28 9 250 (WSW) 1185 lt. cirrus none 20:00 49 30 8 262 (W) 1242 lt. cirrus none 21:00 49 31 11 275 (W) 1419 mst. clear none 22:00 49 31 10 270 (W) 1320 mst. clear none 23:00 49 31 11 271 (W) 1276 mst. clear none 00:00 48 30 4 261 (W) 1301 mst. clear none 01:00 49 31 6 265 (W) 1244 mst. clear none 02:00 48 31 8 264 (W) 1227 mst. clear none 03:00 47 31 8 253 (WSW) 1233 mst. clear none 04:00 47 31 6 262 (W) 1264 mst. clear none 05:00 47 31 8 271 (W) 1191 mst. clear none 06:00 47 31 7 271 (W) 1297 mst. 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