Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2007 10:22:07 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20070721 From: "Gabrelle Saurage" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, July 21, 2007 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ---------------------------------------------------------------- A.Mukadam A.Mukadam Agile --:-- --:-- M.Shin M.Shin,M.Oguri DIS --:-- --:-- INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B --------------------------------------------------------------------- UW09/0 21:10 01:05 0.9 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 PU04/R 01:05 05:09 4.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialists: G.Saurage Clouds and high humidity all night; Never opened. Notes: AGILE developed condensation on the camera lens during first half tonight. We discovered while doing various in-dome testing with the filter out. Anjum is devising a method avoid this problem. The TUI running on Obs-1 (v1.4a12) reported the following error every hour or so: Text=’Your clock appears to be off; time error = 11.0’ NICFPS has required an expose init during checkout the last two nights. ------- 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 56 52 7 91 (E) 841 cloudy humid 17:00 53 52 17 73 (ENE) 429 cloudy humid 18:00 54 52 12 83 (E) 377 cloudy humid 19:00 54 52 11 73 (ENE) 359 cloudy humid 20:00 53 52 18 76 (ENE) 247 cloudy humid 21:00 52 52 18 85 (E) 228 cloudy humid 22:00 53 50 15 77 (ENE) 252 cloudy none 23:00 54 50 12 122 (ESE) 211 cloudy none 00:00 52 51 6 89 (E) 264 cloudy none 01:00 51 50 16 81 (E) 209 ptly cldy humid 02:00 51 50 11 86 (E) 131 ptly cldy humid 03:00 52 50 8 124 (SE) 142 cloudy humid 04:00 52 50 9 123 (ESE) 128 cloudy 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