Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2007 06:47:39 -0700 (MST) From: Jack Dembicky Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20071107 Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday, November 07, 2007 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- J.Marriner J.Cooughlin, J.Dembicky DIS 17:30 00:00 A.Rettura A.Rettura NICFPS 00:10 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- UC01/R 18:03 00:05 0 0 0 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 JH04/R 00:05 05:32 0 0 0 0 5.2 0.3 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky No problems. We ran the rotator to a limit (observer was on sky for a while and it just ran out of wrap after going thru zenith). ------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 07:40 DISslit -30(265) 22 56 8.2 11.3 10.2 9.8 8.8 -- 1.3 00:12 NICFPS -122(527) 116 39 8.3 7.4 7.8 6.3 7.6 Ks 1.0 00:19 NA2gdr -6000 116 39 8.0 7.3 7.7 6.0 7.1 R 1.5 04:23 NICFPS -75(523) 166 83 8.0 7.0 7.5 6.3 7.3 Ks 0.66 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions --------------------------------------------------------------------- 16:00 52 28 12 297 (WNW) 1256 cirrus none 17:00 48 27 2 322 (NW) 1279 cirrus none 18:00 45 27 9 344 (NNW) 1564 cirrus none 19:00 48 27 7 349 (N) 1656 cirrus none 20:00 47 23 8 333 (NNW) 1764 cirrus none 21:00 48 23 4 309 (NW) 1502 cirrus none 22:00 48 23 5 279 (W) 1700 cirrus none 23:00 47 25 7 314 (NW) 1557 cirrus none 00:00 47 26 7 292 (WNW) 1238 cirrus none 01:00 47 25 8 309 (NW) 1250 cirrus none 02:00 47 24 7 303 (WNW) 1190 cirrus none 03:00 46 25 8 345 (NNW) 1200 cirrus none 04:00 46 24 3 311 (NW) 1208 cirrus none 05:00 46 24 8 352 (N) 1203 cirrus none 06:00 47 24 8 354 (N) 1186 cirrus 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