Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 06:00:33 -0600 (MDT) From: Jack Dembicky Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20070522 Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Tuesday, May 22, 2007 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- S.Anderson S.Anderson SPIcam 19:30 00:56 G.Kacprzak G.Kacprzak SPIcam 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- UW03/R 21:01 01:00 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 0 0 0 NM03/R 01:00 04:59 0 0 0 0 3.4 1.0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky Dust counts between 3000-4500 all night long, but stabe and not spiking so I stayed open. No problems tonight. Transverse load cell also seemed behaved. ------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:38 SPIcam 75(452) 24 76 10.7 11.7 10.9 11.1 10.8 i' 0.84 20:43 NA2gdr -1639(30460) 20 77 10.7 11.6 10.8 11.1 10.8 ND2 0.63 22:23 SPIcam 25(372) 101 69 10.3 10.3 9.8 10.3 10.1 i' 0.75 00:57 SPIcam 25(334) 81 72 9.4 9.4 9.0 9.4 9.3 r' 0.87 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions --------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:00 58 20 20 233 (SW) 3095 clear none 19:00 56 20 22 220 (SW) 3335 clear none 20:00 51 17 17 236 (SW) 3535 clear none 21:00 52 15 13 256 (WSW) 3510 clear none 22:00 51 17 18 255 (WSW) 2496 clear none 23:00 51 17 19 264 (W) 2550 clear none 00:00 50 17 16 260 (W) 2527 clear none 01:00 49 17 17 271 (W) 2359 clear none 02:00 48 20 14 266 (W) 2201 clear none 03:00 47 24 18 256 (WSW) 2273 clear none 04:00 45 25 19 248 (WSW) 2509 clear none 05:00 44 26 11 267 (W) 2543 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