Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2007 06:33:03 -0700 (MST) From: Jack Dembicky Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20070307 Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday, March 07, 2007 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- M.Mottini M.Mottini Echelle 17:30 23:52 M.Shin M.Shin NICFPS 23:54 04:47 T.Murphy R.McMillan APOLLO 04:47 05:30 INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B --------------------------------------------------------------------- UW09/R 18:58 00:00 0 0 0 0 2.7 2.4 0 0 0 PU04/R 00:00 05:00 0 0 0 0 0 5.0 0 0 0 UW15/O 05:00 05:30 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky No problems tonight. Clouds rolled in during the APOLLO which closed them around 5:30. ------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:12 Echelle -161(-874) 8 61 6.1 8.5 7.2 7.3 6.5 ND3 1.3 20:57 Echelle -115(-860) -27 75 7.3 7.1 6.2 6.6 6.9 ND1 0.8 00:05 NICFPS -65(485) 48 72 7.1 6.7 6.1 6.6 6.8 Ks 0.6 04:58 APOLLO 20(886) -15 47 7.1 6.6 6.0 6.4 7.0 -- 1.2 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 49 14 2 222 (SW) 274 cldy none 17:00 48 13 263 cldy none 18:00 46 13 247 cldy none 18:59 45 14 1 46 (NE) 264 pt. cldy none 20:00 45 15 2 268 (W) 246 pt. cldy none 21:00 45 14 1 274 (W) 237 mst. clr none 22:00 46 15 1 213 (SSW) 195 mst. clr none 23:00 46 17 1 102 (ESE) 205 mst. clr none 00:00 45 16 2 128 (SE) 175 pt. cldy none 01:00 44 18 6 126 (SE) 203 pt. cldy none 02:00 44 20 6 151 (SSE) 257 pt. cldy none 03:00 44 21 5 155 (SSE) 242 pt. cldy none 04:00 43 21 3 109 (ESE) 321 pt. cldy none 05:00 45 22 1 221 (SW) 253 mst. cldy none 06:00 44 20 2 107 (ESE) 403 mst. 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: 2.9.0 Current TUI version: TUI 1.3