Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 04:53:51 -0600 From: James Davenport Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20070614 Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Thursday, June 14, 2007 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- D. Bowen D. Bowen DIS 20:40 00:52 K. Kinemuchi K. Kinemuchi DIS 01:10 03:00 INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B --------------------------------------------------------------------- PU06/R 21:16 01:00 0 0 0 0 3.7 0 0 0 0 UW15/R 01:00 04:51 1.8 0 0 0 2.1 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky, J. Davenport Training Jim Davenport Alt Velocity Scale: -632.1266 Was: -637.7 Changed To:-633.0 Outside Temp: 16.7C Inside Temp: 15.9C Az Velocity Scale: 567.9877 Was: 583.0 Changed To: 570.0 Outside Temp: 16.7C Inside Temp: 15.9C Stars elongated along Altitude direction (exposure 3sec) DIS guider locked up once. DIS Red temperature varied between -94 and -95 C Additional Azimuth Sweep at end of night: Outside Temp: 16.1 Inside Temp: 16.0 Az Velocity Scale: 587 Was: 570 Changed To: 580 Clouds closed us down at 0300, never reopened. 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:45 DISslit 189(635) 43 73 15.9 18.8 15.6 17.0 16.1 - 1.2 01:11 DISslit -28(378) -81 74 16.6 15.9 15.2 15.9 16.0 - 1.0 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 68 32 11 262 (W) 385 ptly cldy none 17:00 65 27 20 319 (NW) 405 ptly cldy none 18:00 64 29 9 332 (NNW) 362 ptly cldy none 19:00 64 30 7 1 (N) 402 ptly cldy none 20:00 62 31 2 273 (W) 388 ptly cldy none 21:00 61 30 5 344 (NNW) 367 ptly cldy none 22:00 59 29 4 353 (N) 414 ptly cldy none 23:00 60 28 7 328 (NNW) 414 ptly cldy none 00:00 62 28 5 261 (W) 420 ptly cldy none 01:00 62 29 5 244 (WSW) 360 ptly cldy none 02:00 62 29 8 193 (SSW) 451 ptly cldy none 03:00 61 28 8 194 (SSW) 532 cloudy none 04:00 61 24 10 183 (S) 581 cloudy 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