Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20070708 Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2007 06:24:54 -0600 (MDT) From: bketzeba@apo.nmsu.edu (Bill Ketzeback) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Sunday, July 8, 2007 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- M.Gladders M.Gladders DIS 22:37 23:35 G.Kacprzak G.Kacprzak DIS 00:35 03:05 03:35 04:25 T.Murphy R.McMillan APOLLO 04:30 05:54 INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B --------------------------------------------------------------------- UC02/R 21:17 01:05 2.3 0 0 0 1.5 0 0 0 0 NM06/R 01:05 04:30 0 0.5 0 0 0.3 2.7 0 0 0 DD01/O 04:30 05:00 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 0.9 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialists: B. Ketzeback AZ Velocity Scale: Checkout - (temp 18.3) was 580, measured average 580.4, no change made Variable cloud cover all night with moderate seeing and a few scattered light showers at the beginning of the night. No other 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 22:37 dis-slit -155(454) 20 77 17.4 19.3 18.0 19.0 17.8 -- 1.3 01:59 dis-slit -105(399) 29 40 14.6 15.4 15.1 15.8 14.9 -- 1.5 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------- 16:00 68 41 11 80 (E) 480 mstly cldy lt rain 17:00 71 41 9 280 (W) 473 ptly cldy none 18:00 73 45 7 274 (W) 532 ptly cldy none 19:00 69 43 4 54 (NE) 473 mstly cldy lt rain 20:00 64 39 8 179 (S) 556 cloudy lt rain 21:00 65 40 11 17 (NNE) 552 cloudy none 22:00 65 39 8 75 (ENE) 545 ptly cldy none 23:00 62 43 9 107 (ESE) 597 ptly cldy none 00:00 63 44 0 316 (NW) 568 mstly cldy none 01:00 59 47 12 165 (SSE) 628 ptly cldy none 02:00 59 47 10 176 (S) 635 ptly cldy none 03:00 57 46 12 152 (SSE) 676 mstly cldy none 04:00 59 47 10 187 (S) 990 ptly cldy none 05:00 58 47 10 168 (SSE) 930 mstly clr none 06:00 59 46 3 155 (SSE) 970 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: 2.9.1 Current TUI version: TUI 1.3