Date: Wed, 9 May 2007 04:56:41 -0600 (MDT) From: Jack Dembicky Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20070509 Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Tuesday, May 09, 2007 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- G.Kacprzak G.Kacprzak DIS --:-- --:-- R.Plotkin R.Plotkin NICFPS --:-- --:-- INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B --------------------------------------------------------------------- NM03/R 20:49 01:00 4.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UV11/R 01:00 05:10 0.6 3.6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky Humidity and clouds all night long. We never opened. NICFPS ICC needed to be restarted this evening during checkout and the DIS slitview camera also was messed up and needed a kick from Fritz (not taking/displaying images and a process locking things out). ------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions --------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:00 41 37 12 77 (ENE) 273 cldy none 19:00 39 36 9 84 (E) 401 cldy humid 20:00 39 36 13 46 (NE) 584 cldy humid 21:00 37 36 11 75 (ENE) 489 cldy humid 22:00 41 36 3 1 (N) 758 cldy none 23:00 40 36 5 0 (N) 566 cldy none 00:00 39 34 18 33 (NNE) 262 mst. cldy none 01:00 43 29 1 3 (N) 351 mst. cldy none 02:00 41 30 5 267 (W) 398 mst. cldy none 03:00 39 30 7 182 (S) 352 mst. cldy none 04:00 39 30 13 149 (SSE) 345 mst. cldy 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