Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2007 10:30:49 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20070610 From: "Gabrelle Saurage" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Sunday, June 10, 2007 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- D.York D.York GFP,DIS --:-- --:-- R.Avila J.Bornak Echelle --:-- --:-- INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B --------------------------------------------------------------------- UC06/R 21:14 01:00 3.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NM04/R 01:00 04:51 1.8 2.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: G.Saurage Threat of local dark clouds and radar returns moving up from El Paso delayed opening. Around 12:30 DIS was mounted. Radar returns cleared up around 2am but clouds persisted never providing favorable conditions. At least biases were taken with GFP and it was tested to run remotely. ------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 16:00 63 46 1 185 (S) 584 ptly cldy none 17:00 69 48 8 250 (WSW) 645 ptly cldy none 18:00 69 45 3 252 (WSW) 608 ptly cldy none 19:00 66 41 3 266 (W) 639 ptly cldy none 20:00 60 43 8 159 (SSE) 577 mstly cldy none 21:00 59 43 11 162 (SSE) 588 cloudy none 22:00 59 43 12 157 (SSE) 623 cloudy none 23:00 60 43 13 177 (S) 627 cloudy none 00:00 55 47 18 140 (SE) 1011 cloudy none 01:00 55 47 18 153 (SSE) 944 cloudy none 02:00 56 45 14 178 (S) 645 cloudy none 03:00 55 43 12 169 (S) 620 cloudy none 04:00 55 45 11 178 (S) 638 ptly 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