Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2007 09:39:45 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20071201 From: "Gabrelle Saurage" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, December 1st, 2007 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- S.Anderson S.Anderson SPICAM --:-- --:-- P.Szkody P.Szkody DIS --:-- --:-- INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B --------------------------------------------------------------------- UW03/R 17:54 00:05 6.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UW11/R 00:05 05:51 0.3 5.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialists: G.Saurage Fog and high winds all night. By 2:30am it began snowing in 40mph winds, and chances of opening vanished in the cold blurry night. Tertiary was left facing APOLLO for daytime testing. ------- 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------- ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------- 16:00 37 38 25 255 (WSW) 5398 cloudy lt rain 17:00 35 36 29 247 (WSW) 759 cloudy fog 18:00 35 35 32 243 (WSW) 740 cloudy fog 19:00 34 34 24 260 (W) 641 cloudy fog 20:00 33 33 21 265 (W) 446 cloudy fog 21:00 34 32 24 269 (W) 435 cloudy fog 22:00 33 33 28 250 (WSW) 433 cloudy fog 23:00 33 33 26 260 (W) 16369 cloudy rain 00:00 32 32 35 270 (W) 11597 cloudy rain 01:00 31 31 27 270 (W) 6964 cloudy fog 02:00 31 32 32 256 (WSW) 6547 cloudy snow 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