Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2007 06:34:47 -0700 (MST) From: Jack Dembicky Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20071205 Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday, December 05, 2007 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- J.Marriner J.Marriner SPIcam 16:40 19:10 21:10 00:00 K.Lee K.Lee 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- UC01/R 17:54 00:05 0 0 0 0 6.2 0 0 0 0 PU05/R 00:05 05:54 0 0 0 0 4.1 1.8 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky A 20MPH breeze tends to blow the telescope to Zenith with the mirror covers closed. The DISslit viewere locked up once at the start of 2nd half, just needed to restart it from the hub. ------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 17:41 SPIcam -285(213) -43 49 7.0 10.7 10.1 9.0 8.3 r' 0.9 17:50 NA2gdr 0 -46 48 7.0 9.8 9.5 8.3 7.7 R 0.9 18:20 SPIcam -118(219) -54 43 6.6 8.6 8.6 7.3 7.1 i' 0.9 21:15 SPIcam -97(175) -60 38 6.8 6.7 7.0 6.3 6.6 r' 1.2 00:12 DISslit -147(-59) -40 62 5.0 5.0 5.5 4.8 5.1 -- 2.0 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions --------------------------------------------------------------------- 16:00 49 23 9 199 (SSW) 219 clear none 17:00 46 22 1 171 (S) 187 clear none 18:00 44 21 7 179 (S) 158 Pt. Cldy none 19:00 44 22 6 190 (S) 342 Cloudy none 20:00 46 22 7 230 (SW) 98 Cloudy none 21:00 45 22 9 233 (SW) 167 Pt. Cldy none 22:00 43 22 11 211 (SSW) 408 clear none 23:00 42 23 15 224 (SW) 387 clear none 00:00 41 22 16 218 (SW) 422 clear none 01:00 42 20 17 232 (SW) 461 clear none 02:00 42 21 17 253 (WSW) 503 clear none 03:00 40 21 18 265 (W) 517 clear none 04:00 42 20 19 273 (W) 399 clear none 05:00 41 20 18 273 (W) 396 clear none 06:00 40 20 20 273 (W) 436 Pt. 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