Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 10:57:14 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20070712 From: "Gabrelle Saurage" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Thursday, July 12, 2007 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- P.Szkody P.Szkody DIS --:-- --:-- J.Frieman H.Lin,D.Tucker,S.Allam SPIcam --:-- --:-- INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B --------------------------------------------------------------------- UW07/R 21:16 01:05 3.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UC04/R 01:05 05:02 3.7 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialists: G.Saurage AZ Velocity Scales: (temp 13.5) 577.9, 581.9, Avg 580 Light rain in the afternoon. Radar threats dissipated around midnight but high humidity persisted after 1am. When humidity backed down we had overcast skies. As the skies cleared toward morning the humidity came back up… never opened. ------- 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 65 55 10 224 (SW) 834 cloudy none 17:00 61 54 2 240 (WSW) 613 cloudy lt rain 18:00 59 55 5 203 (SSW) 583 cloudy none 19:00 57 54 5 93 (E) 686 cloudy none 20:00 58 51 3 168 (SSE) 694 cloudy none 21:00 59 46 5 196 (SSW) 707 cloudy none 22:00 58 49 13 187 (S) 527 mstly cldy none 23:00 58 52 8 183 (S) 692 mstly clr humid 00:00 57 54 8 207 (SSW) 866 mstly cldy none 01:00 56 51 2 200 (SSW) 1073 cloudy none 02:00 56 49 8 233 (SW) 753 cloudy none 03:00 56 49 7 245 (WSW) 561 cloudy none 04:00 55 49 6 269 (W) 425 ptly cldy humid 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