Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2007 05:52:27 -0600 (MDT) From: Jack Dembicky Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20070601 Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, June 01, 2007 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- M.Strauss M.Shin NICFPS 19:30 04:54 INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B --------------------------------------------------------------------- PU07/R 21:09 04:53 0 0 0 0 0 7.7 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky Az Velocity Measurement during checkout Was 584.0 Ave 581.6863 DID NOT change value Outside Air temp 16.9C No problems and user reported a good night for imaging. Az Velocity measurement at end of night Was 584.0 Ave 582.8367 DID NOT change value Outside Air temp 13.8C ------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:48 NICFPS 53(1017) -111 45 15.4 17.1 15.8 16.6 15.8 Ks 0.6 21:55 NICFPS 21(934) -140 80 15.5 16.0 15.2 16.0 15.3 J 0.6 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions --------------------------------------------------------------------- 16:00 71 21 11 268 (W) 763 clear none 17:00 68 21 23 293 (WNW) 763 clear none 18:00 66 19 7 264 (W) 766 clear none 19:00 64 15 9 318 (NW) 677 clear none 20:00 61 18 2 333 (NNW) 634 clear none 21:00 60 18 7 265 (W) 690 clear none 22:00 60 18 7 258 (WSW) 658 clear none 23:00 59 17 7 263 (W) 686 clear none 00:00 59 15 13 226 (SW) 602 clear none 01:00 59 15 5 243 (WSW) 639 clear none 02:00 59 17 5 239 (WSW) 728 clear none 03:00 59 18 5 178 (S) 844 clear none 04:00 57 18 2 212 (SSW) 851 clear none 05:00 57 18 1 213 (SSW) 859 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