Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 06:02:42 -0600 (MDT) From: Jack Dembicky Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20070511 Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Thursday, May 11, 2007 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- J.Carlin J.Carlin, S.Majewski DIS 19:30 01:00 M.Moe M.Moe DIS 01:00 04:32 T.Murphy R.McMillan APOLLO 04:35 05:50 INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B --------------------------------------------------------------------- UV03/O 20:51 01:00 0 0 0 0 4.2 0 0 0 0 CU03/R 01:00 04:39 0 0 0 0 1.7 1.9 0 0 0 DD01/O 04:39 05:08 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky Noted that the transverse load cell was a little unhappy tonight, day staff should check/relax the primary during the daytime on Friday. Weak returns from APOLLO consistent with low altitude. ------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:26 DISslit -123(157) 2 55 10.5 13.1 11.6 12.3 11.2 -- 1.3 22:54 DISslit -58(168) -12 51 12.0 10.4 9.9 10.7 10.8 -- 1.5 23:19 DISslit -59(154) -21 49 9.9 10.2 9.8 10.5 9.9 -- 1.3 01:02 DISslit -48(148) -9 51 10.4 10.0 9.5 10.0 10.1 -- 1.1 04:44 APOLLO 40(1044) 51 37 10.5 9.7 9.2 9.6 10.0 -- 1.5 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions --------------------------------------------------------------------- 16:00 57 36 5 252 (WSW) 485 cldy none 17:00 63 36 11 256 (WSW) 538 cldy none 18:00 54 34 14 79 (E) 490 cldy none 19:00 53 34 11 74 (ENE) 537 cldy none 20:00 52 35 12 72 (ENE) 516 pt. cldy none 21:00 50 34 14 64 (ENE) 512 clear none 22:00 50 35 15 78 (ENE) 528 clear none 23:00 53 31 2 80 (E) 566 clear none 00:00 51 33 8 81 (E) 529 clear none 01:00 51 30 11 68 (ENE) 476 clear none 02:00 52 30 4 65 (ENE) 539 clear none 03:00 50 30 10 63 (ENE) 543 clear none 04:00 50 29 8 54 (NE) 537 clear none 05:00 51 28 6 63 (ENE) 556 clear none 06:00 51 29 6 76 (ENE) 545 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