Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2007 06:46:04 -0700 (MST) From: Jack Dembicky Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20071204 Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Tuesday, December 04, 2007 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- Q.Hart Q.Hart SPIcam 16:50 19:35 DIS 19:35 00:00 M.Shin M.Shin, M.Oguri DIS 00:05 06:43 INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B --------------------------------------------------------------------- CU03/R 17:54 00:05 0 0 0 0 6.2 0 0 0 0 PU06/R 00:05 05:53 0 0 0 0 3.1 2.7 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky No problems with the 3.5m tonight. A little windy during first half. I did find the NMSU 1m shutter open this morning. I manually closed it (The flap was closed already) ------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 17:33 SPIcam 31(624) 68 64 12.1 15.0 14.1 13.3 12.9 645/10 0.9 17:39 NA2gdr 2000 66 65 12.2 17.4 13.9 12.9 12.5 clear 1.2 17:58 SPIcam -137(471) 59 69 12.2 14.2 13.6 12.5 12.5 661/7.5 0.8 18:07 NA2gdr 0 55 70 11.6 13.9 13.4 12.2 12.0 clear 0.9 18:40 SPIcam -288(318) 34 75 11.0 12.9 12.6 11.3 11.3 661/7.5 0.9 19:44 DISslit -354(127) 47 45 10.8 11.2 11.5 10.2 10.6 -- 0.9 00:13 DISSlit -334(124) 180 70 9.8 9.2 9.6 8.9 9.3 -- 1.3 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions --------------------------------------------------------------------- 16:00 57 24 3 20 (NNE) 175 clear none 17:00 57 21 12 38 (NE) 86 clear none 18:00 53 19 11 15 (NNE) 147 clear none 19:00 52 16 17 20 (NNE) 142 clear none 20:00 52 11 28 23 (NNE) 94 clear none 21:00 50 9 27 21 (NNE) 208 clear none 22:00 49 5 28 26 (NNE) 167 clear none 23:00 50 16 31 25 (NNE) 85 clear none 00:00 50 20 26 30 (NNE) 70 clear none 01:00 49 23 23 17 (NNE) 55 clear none 02:00 50 24 26 21 (NNE) 23 clear none 03:00 53 26 19 29 (NNE) 10 clear none 04:00 51 25 22 22 (NNE) 18 clear none 05:00 50 24 17 26 (NNE) 32 clear none 06:00 52 18 15 16 (NNE) 32 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