Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20070625 Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 05:26:30 -0600 (MDT) From: bketzeba@apo.nmsu.edu (Bill Ketzeback) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Monday, June 25, 2007 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- P.Strycker P.Strycker, N.Chanover, NAIC 20:19 01:00 D.Voelz I.Ivans I.Ivans Echelle 01:10 05:08 INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B --------------------------------------------------------------------- NM02/O 21:19 01:00 0 0 0 0 0 3.7 1.0 0 0 PU02/R 01:00 04:53 0 0 0 0 2.2 1.7 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialists: B.Ketzeback AZ Velocity Scale: Checkout - (temp 21.1) was 580, measured average 578.92, no change ALT Velocity Scale: Checkout - (temp 21.1) was -634, measured average -634.54, no change Nice night, decent seeing and no problems. ------- 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 21:21 NAIC -350(848) 197 76 19.8 20.0 18.8 19.6 19.6 710 0.7 01:23 Echelle -71(-266) 216 76 18.3 18.7 18.4 18.8 18.3 nd2 1.2 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------- 16:00 65 31 18 73 (ENE) 473 ptly cldy none 17:00 69 31 2 254 (WSW) 519 mstly clr none 18:00 70 35 1 257 (WSW) 679 ptly cldy none 19:00 70 32 4 316 (NW) 632 mstly clr none 20:00 69 35 5 267 (W) 704 mstly clr none 21:00 68 34 3 196 (SSW) 722 mstly clr none 22:00 66 34 0 178 (S) 667 mstly clr none 23:00 67 33 5 177 (S) 715 ptly cldy none 00:00 66 34 9 189 (S) 663 ptly cldy none 01:00 66 33 14 177 (S) 598 ptly cldy none 02:00 64 27 14 180 (S) 599 clear none 03:00 63 30 10 162 (SSE) 587 clear none 04:00 65 22 6 183 (S) 618 clear none 05:00 65 21 1 303 (WNW) 782 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