Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2007 10:01:26 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20070731 From: jdavenport@apo.nmsu.edu Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Tuesday, July 31, 2007 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- Bochanski,J. Kinemuchi,K. DIS --:-- --:-- Mukadam,A. Mukadam,A. Agile --:-- --:-- INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B --------------------------------------------------------------------- UW11/R 21:02 01:05 0.3 3.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UW09/R 01:05 05:18 0 4.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialists: J. Davenport High humidity and clouds kept us closed all night long. I replaced the batteries in the Weather Computer's wireless mouse. Agile had some condensation build up on inside the filter area, will need to be thought about long term. No problems found, Gave up just before 4am. ------- 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 61 57 8 263 (W) 447 cloudy rain 17:00 56 52 6 62 (ENE) 822 cloudy rain 18:00 58 52 3 115 (ESE) 284 cloudy lt rain 19:00 57 53 7 78 (ENE) 354 cloudy none 20:00 55 53 9 87 (E) 437 mstly cldy none 21:00 56 52 10 64 (ENE) 425 mstly cldy none 22:00 55 53 11 79 (E) 624 mstly cldy none 23:00 55 54 9 84 (E) 798 mstly cldy none 00:00 56 53 6 80 (E) 719 mstly cldy none 01:00 56 52 3 243 (WSW) 618 mstly cldy none 02:00 56 53 2 312 (NW) 475 mstly cldy none 03:00 55 53 1 306 (NW) 540 mstly cldy 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