Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 12:29:59 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20070725 From: jdavenport@apo.nmsu.edu Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday, July 25, 2007 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- Murphy,T. McMillan,R. APOLLO 19:57 21:20 Plotkin,R. Plotkin,R. NICFPS 21:26 01:06 Becker,A. Becker,A., Mukadam,A. Agile 01:16 06:10 INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B --------------------------------------------------------------------- DD01/O 20:16 21:21 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.3 0 0 UW02/R 21:21 01:05 0 0 0 0 0 3.7 0 0 0 UW05/R 01:05 05:12 0 0 0 0 2.5 1.6 0.8 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialists: J. Davenport Clouds gave way and lets us open on time. Stayed open all night. PR'd a problem with the incandescent lights, but they seem to work fine now. Good seeing 2nd half. No other problems. AGILE took almost 30k images! ------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:11 Apollo 175(1556) 17 28 14.5 18.2 16.4 16.8 15.8 - 2 21:46 NICFPS -50(889) 141 80 13.6 15.0 14.2 14.8 13.8 H 1 01:31 Gcam -1000(-138) -6 63 12.7 12.4 12.0 12.9 13.0 - 1.3 01:58 AGILE -250(-90) -22 62 14.0 12.5 12.1 13.1 13.2 I 0.8 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------- 16:00 61 52 5 204 (SSW) 2388 ptly cldy none 17:00 60 51 0 222 (SW) 2280 ptly cldy none 18:00 63 52 1 209 (SSW) 2178 mstly clr none 19:00 63 50 2 195 (SSW) 2193 mstly clr none 20:00 59 50 4 140 (SE) 1969 mstly clr none 21:00 58 47 12 133 (SE) 1447 mstly clr none 22:00 56 48 17 132 (SE) 1343 mstly clr none 23:00 54 48 9 146 (SE) 1263 mstly clr none 00:00 54 48 7 181 (S) 1376 mstly clr none 01:00 56 48 2 103 (ESE) 1374 mstly clr none 02:00 57 48 5 280 (W) 2099 clear none 03:00 56 46 6 261 (W) 1326 mstly clr none 04:00 55 46 5 193 (SSW) 1292 mstly clr none 05:00 55 45 7 185 (S) 1227 clear none 06:00 54 45 5 212 (SSW) 1306 mstly clr 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: 2.9.1 Current TUI version: TUI 1.3