Date: Thu, 3 May 2007 06:23:00 -0600 (MDT) From: Jack Dembicky Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20070502 Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday, May 02, 2007 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- D.York D.York DIS 20:44 23:44 00:20 00:55 J.Bochanski K.Kinemuchi DIS 01:00 06:32 INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B --------------------------------------------------------------------- UC05/R 20:44 01:00 0 0.6 0 0 0 3.7 0 0 0 UV15/R 01:00 05:17 0 0 0 0 0 4.3 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky Nasty thunderstorms in the afternoon (produced 3 tornado's in the basin in the afternoon, but nothing that severe up here). Clouds started to diminish around sunset but I waited until twilight was over before I opened. Pesky clouds all night long, even though the satellite showed us in the clear. ------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:58 DISslit -255(-161) 62 67 5.9 8.3 7.4 7.5 6.1 -- 1.6 21:53 DISslit -61(5) 212 70 6.3 6.6 6.2 7.0 6.3 -- 1.5 00:55 DISslit -44(13) 240 49 6.3 6.1 5.7 6.2 6.3 -- 1.2 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions --------------------------------------------------------------------- 16:00 43 30 4 259 (W) 1370 cldy none 17:00 44 25 13 308 (NW) 1543 cldy none 18:00 45 28 5 335 (NNW) 1270 cldy none 19:00 44 31 7 331 (NNW) 1049 cldy none 20:00 44 28 11 331 (NNW) 1268 Pt. Cldy none 21:00 43 29 18 314 (NW) 1288 Pt. Cldy none 22:00 44 31 9 325 (NW) 1398 Pt. Cldy none 23:00 43 32 11 343 (NNW) 1357 Pt. Cldy none 00:00 44 33 6 358 (N) 1294 Pt. Cldy none 01:00 43 34 8 356 (N) 1291 Pt. Cldy none 02:00 44 33 13 344 (NNW) 1285 Pt. Cldy none 03:00 44 32 13 340 (NNW) 1325 Pt. Cldy none 04:00 45 31 17 314 (NW) 1445 Pt. Cldy none 05:00 44 31 12 305 (NW) 1535 clear none 06:00 44 32 11 270 (W) 1578 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