Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 13:29:13 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20071215 From: "Gabrelle Saurage" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, December 15th, 2007 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- D.Bowen D.Bowen DIS 17:25 00:06 M.Shin M.Shin,M.Oguri DIS 00:06 06:30 INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B --------------------------------------------------------------------- PU08/R 17:57 00:05 0 0 0 0 1.2 4.9 0 0 0 PU06/R 00:05 06:01 0 0 0 0 5.9 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialists: G.Saurage Az Vel Scales: 587.8, 591.1; 589.7 no change Clear night. Variable seeing. No problems. Continued training with Jeff Coughlin. ------- 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 26 -6 12 76 (ENE) 264 clear none 17:00 26 -18 4 357 (N) 244 clear none 18:00 23 -20 10 17 (NNE) 190 clear none 19:00 21 -22 18 7 (N) 219 clear none 20:00 21 -21 19 28 (NNE) 88 clear none 21:00 21 -15 21 12 (NNE) 104 clear none 22:00 25 -22 21 23 (NNE) 123 clear none 23:00 30 -21 12 358 (N) 156 clear none 00:00 35 -15 6 339 (NNW) 133 clear none 01:00 35 -15 12 317 (NW) 134 clear none 02:00 32 -13 13 339 (NNW) 143 clear none 03:00 32 -14 6 351 (N) 105 clear none 04:00 32 -14 11 332 (NNW) 131 clear none 05:00 32 -14 9 306 (NW) 107 clear none 06:00 33 -13 13 328 (NNW) 182 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 1.4.3