Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2007 06:03:38 -0700 (MST) From: Jack Dembicky Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20071220 Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Thursday, December 20, 2007 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- H.Weaver H.Weaver, C.Lisse SPIcam 16:40 23:01 Y.Fernandez T.Murphy R.McMillan APOLLO 23:05 00:00 J.Greene J.Greene SPICAM 00:05 02:50 INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B --------------------------------------------------------------------- JH05/O 17:59 23:05 0 0 0 0 0 5.1 0 0 0 DD02/R 23:05 00:05 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 PU01/R 00:05 06:03 1.5 1.6 0 0 0 2.8 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky No problems. Clouds closed us around 03:00, we gave up at 05:25. ------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 17:35 SPIcam 6(30) 48 72 2.6 3.7 3.7 2.6 2.7 R 1.3 17:43 NA2gdr 1000 46 73 2.8 3.5 3.7 2.6 2.8 R 1.1 17:57 SPIcam 6(31) 28 55 2.9 3.4 3.7 2.6 3.0 R 1.3 20:29 SPIcam 14(29) 137 48 3.6 3.1 3.5 2.7 3.4 R 1.2 23:09 APOLLO 50(664) -23 73 2.4 2.4 2.1 1.7 2.1 -- 1.2 00:10 SPIcam 8(9) -62 37 2.4 2.3 2.0 2.1 2.4 g' 1.1 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions --------------------------------------------------------------------- 16:00 40 4 22 263 (W) 337 clear none 17:00 37 5 20 269 (W) 445 clear none 18:00 37 3 17 275 (W) 560 clear none 19:00 39 0 18 270 (W) 525 clear none 20:00 38 0 18 284 (WNW) 551 clear none 21:00 39 1 19 273 (W) 600 cirrus none 22:00 39 0 19 273 (W) 569 cirrus none 23:00 36 4 12 263 (W) 485 cirrus none 00:00 36 5 18 286 (WNW) 485 cirrus none 01:00 36 8 16 248 (WSW) 519 Pt. Cldy none 02:00 36 9 14 263 (W) 550 Pt. Cldy none 03:00 35 10 15 257 (WSW) 519 cldy none 04:00 35 12 15 240 (WSW) 526 cldy none 05:00 34 9 18 242 (WSW) 586 cldy none 06:00 34 6 18 233 (SW) 611 cldy 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