Date: Tue, 1 May 2007 05:53:01 -0600 (MDT) From: Jack Dembicky Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20070430 Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Monday, April 30, 2007 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- L.Walkowicz L.Walkowicz Echelle 20:23 01:00 G.Wallerstein G.Wallerstein Echelle 01:00 05:45 INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B --------------------------------------------------------------------- UW10/R 20:42 01:00 0 0 0 0 0 4.3 0 0 0 UW14/R 01:00 05:19 0 0 0 0 0 4.3 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky Tweaked focus on the fly during the night. No problems tonight. ------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:28 Echelle 312(-292) 182 53 9.7 11.5 8.8 9.9 10.1 ND2 1.1 01:01 Echelle -56(-667) 17 48 10.5 9.8 9.4 9.7 10.2 ND2 1.3 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions --------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:00 52 38 10 270 (W) 840 cldy none 19:00 49 41 14 240 (WSW) 973 cldy rain 20:00 48 33 8 267 (W) 482 pt. cldy none 21:00 49 30 10 318 (NW) 450 clear none 22:00 50 33 11 269 (W) 645 clear none 23:00 51 32 9 293 (WNW) 846 clear none 00:00 51 32 8 302 (WNW) 943 clear none 01:00 51 32 11 325 (NW) 898 clear none 02:00 51 33 5 352 (N) 925 clear none 03:00 51 33 5 358 (N) 1043 clear none 04:00 50 33 6 358 (N) 1026 mst. clr none 05:00 52 31 10 27 (NNE) 1169 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