Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 06:10:28 -0600 (MDT) From: Jack Dembicky Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20070417 Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Tuesday, April 17, 2007 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- J.Fulbright J.Fulbright Echelle 18:30 01:00 J.Stocke J.Stocke, A.Bender DIS 01:00 06:05 INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B --------------------------------------------------------------------- JH02/R 20:30 01:00 0 0 0 0 4.5 0 0 0 0 CU02/R 01:00 05:35 0 0 0 0 4.6 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky DISslit was hung tonight, Fritz restarted it's icc and that fixed the problem (dcamera process was locked out). No time lost since DIS was on 2nd half. No problems otherwise during the night. I tweaked focus throughout the night. ------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:49 Echelle 65(-719) -67 54 5.3 6.3 5.8 5.3 5.6 ND3 1.2 00:59 DISslit -65(-100) -24 76 4.9 4.5 4.0 4.4 4.8 none 1.3 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions --------------------------------------------------------------------- 17:00 43 15 22 316 (NW) 1156 clear none 18:00 44 13 21 333 (NNW) 962 clear none 19:00 43 15 14 297 (WNW) 1096 clear none 20:00 41 15 6 323 (NW) 1112 clear none 21:00 42 15 8 333 (NNW) 1189 clear none 22:00 42 17 11 315 (NW) 1243 clear none 23:00 40 16 9 183 (S) 1269 clear none 00:00 40 15 7 181 (S) 1436 clear none 01:00 41 13 10 200 (SSW) 1957 clear none 02:00 41 17 9 237 (WSW) 1846 clear none 03:00 42 18 10 263 (W) 2031 Lt. Cirrus none 04:00 41 17 10 249 (WSW) 2049 Lt. Cirrus none 05:00 41 18 10 227 (SW) 1961 Lt. Cirrus none 06:00 39 19 11 213 (SSW) 1936 Lt. Cirrus 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