Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2007 05:14:12 -0600 (MDT) From: Jack Dembicky Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20070420 Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, April 20, 2007 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- J.Friemann H.Lin, D.Kubik SPIcam 18:20 00:55 G.Kacprzak G.Kacprzak SPIcam --:-- --:-- INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B --------------------------------------------------------------------- UC02/R 20:33 01:00 0 0 0 0 1.0 3.5 0 0 0 NM06/R 01:00 05:31 4.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky Clouded out 2nd half. No problems otherwise. Seeing was very good tonight and tracking was very good at high alt (with 5 min exp). NA2 guider camera died (could not ping) at the end the 1st half. ------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:22 SPIcam 80(435) -11 75 10.7 11.0 10.3 10.6 10.8 r' 0.74 20:34 NA2gdr 0(30000) -22 75 10.8 10.9 10.3 10.6 10.7 clear 0.78 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions --------------------------------------------------------------------- 16:00 59 18 22 223 (SW) 1785 clear none 17:00 57 13 19 226 (SW) 1903 clear none 18:00 56 12 23 203 (SSW) 1727 clear none 19:00 53 11 21 202 (SSW) 1753 cirrus none 20:00 51 7 17 194 (SSW) 1811 ciruss none 21:00 52 5 19 193 (SSW) 1766 cirrus none 22:00 51 6 19 199 (SSW) 1626 cldy none 23:00 49 6 10 251 (WSW) 1705 cldy none 00:00 48 6 7 196 (SSW) 1446 cldy none 01:00 48 7 15 212 (SSW) 1509 cldy none 02:00 47 6 13 202 (SSW) 1210 cldy none 03:00 46 8 19 227 (SW) 1161 cldy none 04:00 44 8 14 229 (SW) 1380 cldy none 05:00 43 9 17 201 (SSW) 1374 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