Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2007 06:13:22 -0600 (MDT) From: Jack Dembicky Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20070421 Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, April 21, 2007 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- J.Fulbright G.Ruchti Echelle 20:35 00:53 N.Silvestri M.Agueros DIS 00:55 06:10 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 20:33 01:00 0 0 0 0 0 4.4 0 0 0 UW07/R 01:00 05:31 0 0 0 0 4.4 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky Dust and wind kept us closed until the end of twilight. No problems otherwise. Seeing was poor at the start of the night but improved as the front moved to our east. I tweaked focus on the fly for both the Echelle and DIS. ------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:42 Echelle -480(-1367) -5 63 0.1 3.4 4.7 2.9 0.7 ND2 2.0 21:06 Echelle -450(-1347) 6 44 -0.2 2.0 3.2 2.1 0.2 ND1 2.8 00:57 DISslit -122(-357) -70 72 -0.2 -1.2 -1.6 -0.9 -0.8 -- 1.0 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions --------------------------------------------------------------------- 16:00 43 18 26 250 (WSW) 3525 cldy dust 17:00 42 12 34 261 (W) 4098 mst. clr dust 18:00 40 14 31 254 (WSW) 1065 clear windy 19:00 37 11 27 265 (W) 2268 clear windy 20:00 32 12 12 268 (W) 652 clear none 21:00 32 14 25 288 (WNW) 570 clear none 22:00 31 16 20 291 (WNW) 475 clear none 23:00 31 16 20 294 (WNW) 469 clear none 00:00 30 15 20 305 (NW) 464 clear none 01:00 32 15 21 317 (NW) 328 clear none 02:00 32 16 9 349 (N) 328 clear none 03:00 32 17 11 344 (NNW) 442 clear none 04:00 33 13 12 359 (N) 2082 clear none 05:00 32 15 8 291 (WNW) 3181 clear none 06:00 32 16 17 355 (N) 3247 clear 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