From: Russet McMillan Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20070506 Date: Mon, 7 May 2007 05:33:44 -0600 (MDT) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Sunday, May 6, 2007 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- S.Anderson S.Anderson SPIcam 20:05 00:55 K.Chiu K.Chiu SPIcam 00:58 05:30 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 20:47 01:00 0 0 0 0 3.3 0.9 0 0 0 JH03/R 01:00 05:12 0 0 0 0 0 4.2 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: R.McMillan A nice peaceful night, with good seeing early in the evening, worsening to over 3 arcsec around midnight and then back to moderate levels in the morning. A wave of clouds moved through in mid-morning, but otherwise the night was mostly 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:30 SPIcam -125(-220) 47 66 3.6 4.55 4.06 4.30 3.81 i 0.8 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------- 16:00 41 23 19 268 (W) 1055 clear none 17:00 43 18 16 266 (W) 820 clear none 18:00 43 10 22 273 (W) 437 clear none 19:00 42 9 6 273 (W) 268 clear none 20:00 39 8 11 307 (NW) 234 clear none 21:00 39 8 12 316 (NW) 224 clear none 22:00 39 7 6 354 (N) 238 clear none 23:00 40 7 11 346 (NNW) 226 clear none 00:00 40 9 2 273 (W) 244 clear none 01:00 39 9 4 51 (NE) 260 clear none 02:00 38 9 7 93 (E) 247 ptly cldy none 03:00 40 8 3 115 (ESE) 219 ptly cldy none 04:00 39 8 1 261 (W) 200 mstly clr none 05:00 40 8 2 203 (SSW) 221 mstly 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