Date: Fri, 4 May 2007 06:18:23 -0600 (MDT) From: Jack Dembicky Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20070503 Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Thursday, May 03, 2007 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- Y.Lin Y.Lin NICFPS 19:30 01:00 T.Murphy R.McMillan APOLLO 01:00 02:00 J.Miller J.Miller Echelle 02:00 06:15 INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B --------------------------------------------------------------------- PU01/R 20:44 01:00 0 0 0 0 0.6 3.7 0 0 0 DD01/O 01:00 02:00 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 UV02/R 01:00 05:15 0 0 0 0 0 3.3 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky Russet reported poor tracking at the Southern Transit of the moon, she could see twitching in Az. No problems otherwise ------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:03 NICFPS 140(864) 155 81 10.7 12.2 10.9 11.1 10.8 Ks 0.9 21:31 NICFPS 16(744) 256 57 11.4 11.1 10.3 10.9 11.2 Ks 0.7 01:06 APOLLO 10(1063) 25 26 10.1 10.5 10.0 10.3 10.2 -- 1.4 02:02 Echelle -87(-689) 95 46 9.6 9.9 9.5 9.8 9.6 ND2 1.3 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions --------------------------------------------------------------------- 16:00 56 30 22 266 (W) 1850 clear none 17:00 57 27 18 267 (W) 1760 clear none 18:00 57 23 24 254 (WSW) 1809 clear none 19:00 54 24 21 266 (W) 1744 clear none 20:00 51 22 15 263 (W) 1719 clear none 21:00 51 21 14 255 (WSW) 1559 clear none 22:00 53 20 10 232 (SW) 1399 clear none 23:00 52 20 17 291 (WNW) 1434 clear none 00:00 52 20 19 265 (W) 1457 clear none 01:00 51 20 18 266 (W) 1473 clear none 02:00 49 21 17 267 (W) 1385 mst. clr none 03:00 50 20 18 267 (W) 1362 mst. clr none 04:00 48 21 20 270 (W) 1341 clear none 05:00 47 21 19 276 (W) 1426 mst. clr none 06:00 46 22 16 292 (WNW) 1414 mst. clr 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