Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2007 12:18:03 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20070815 From: jdavenport@apo.nmsu.edu Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday, August 15, 2007 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- Dalcanton,J. Covarrubias,R., DIS 20:25 01:05 Overzier,R. Overzier,R. DIS 01:11 05:40 INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B --------------------------------------------------------------------- UW10/R 20:47 01:05 0 0 0 0 0.5 3.7 0 0 0 JH05/R 01:05 05:30 0 0 0 0 4.4 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialists: J. Davenport Another smooth night. Had to restart dcam once. Weather was good, no problems found! ------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:43 DISslit -45(491) 263 72 15.6 18.6 17.2 17.1 15.9 - 1.3 01:11 DISslit -60(355) -27 54 13.9 12.7 13.3 14.0 13.7 - 1.8 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------- 16:00 69 51 5 268 (W) 935 mstly clr none 17:00 68 49 6 188 (S) 919 mstly clr none 18:00 68 47 7 285 (WNW) 849 mstly clr none 19:00 65 46 5 149 (SSE) 833 clear none 20:00 61 43 9 109 (ESE) 804 clear none 21:00 59 43 14 112 (ESE) 792 clear none 22:00 59 43 18 127 (SE) 726 clear none 23:00 58 40 19 131 (SE) 662 clear none 00:00 57 43 18 126 (SE) 766 clear none 01:00 57 43 6 101 (E) 826 clear none 02:00 57 42 10 118 (ESE) 858 clear none 03:00 57 40 8 120 (ESE) 771 clear none 04:00 56 41 12 125 (SE) 877 ptly cldy none 05:00 58 40 2 119 (ESE) 786 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