Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 05:17:43 -0700 (MST) From: Jack Dembicky Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20070225 Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Sunday, February 25, 2007 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- E.Gates E.Gates, G.Gyuk NICFPS 18:15 00:00 M.Sussman M.Sussman Echelle 00:00 04:50 INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B --------------------------------------------------------------------- UC03/R 18:51 00:00 0 0 0 0 0 5.2 0 0 0 NM01/R 00:00 05:41 1.2 0 0 0 1.3 3.4 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky Poor seeing all night, worse 2nd half with best seeing over 3 arcs sec. Wind closed us about an hour before twilight started. ------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:16 NICFPS 125(520) -34 51 1.4 3.8 2.5 2.0 1.9 Ks 1.0 20:17 NICFPS 3(354) 123 51 1.3 1.4 1.0 1.0 1.3 Ks 1.7 00:09 Echelle -49(-1016) -67 69 1.8 1.6 0.8 1.1 1.8 ND3 1.7 03:21 Echelle -150(-1101) 44 30 0.1 0.4 -0.1 0.0 0.2 ND3 3.5 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------- 15:56 42 6 4 267 (W) 181 mst clr none 16:56 36 4 5 291 (WNW) 279 mst clr none 17:56 34 6 4 270 (W) 431 clear none 18:56 35 4 3 231 (SW) 408 clear none 19:56 35 3 5 267 (W) 392 clear none 20:56 35 2 7 256 (WSW) 321 clear none 21:56 36 2 5 257 (WSW) 228 clear none 22:56 36 0 8 265 (W) 217 clear none 23:56 35 -1 5 272 (W) 240 clear none 00:56 35 0 5 244 (WSW) 216 clear none 01:56 34 1 5 265 (W) 213 clear none 02:56 33 2 7 259 (W) 280 clear none 03:56 32 4 11 260 (W) 381 clear windy 04:56 31 2 15 266 (W) 638 clear windy 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: 2.8.5 Current TUI version: TUI 1.3