Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2007 12:22:45 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20070818 From: "Gabrelle Saurage" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, August 18, 2007 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ---------------------------------------------------------------- D.York D.York DIS 23:45 01:05 C.Miller C.Miller,A.Mukadam Agile 01:15 06:20 INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B --------------------------------------------------------------------- UC03/R 20:42 01:05 0 3.0 0 0 1.4 0 0 0 0 NM03/O 01:05 05:33 0 0 0 0 4.5 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialists: G.Saurage Local clouds and radar returns in the basin at sunset. Sprinkles around 22:00. Skies cleared up, and we opened at 23:45. Subarc seeing most of the night. Very successful night for Agile. ------- 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 23:56 NA2gdr 0(22000) 265 42 17.4 18.5 17.5 18.2 18.1 0.9 01:26 NA2gdr 0(11000) 26 49 17.6 17.8 17.3 17.9 17.5 0.8 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------- 16:00 72 53 10 266 (W) 701 ptly cldy none 17:00 70 50 4 263 (W) 608 ptly cldy none 18:00 71 48 7 243 (WSW) 727 ptly cldy none 19:00 65 47 6 268 (W) 746 mstly cldy none 20:00 64 50 7 265 (W) 692 cloudy none 21:00 62 50 2 264 (W) 1381 cloudy none 22:00 64 48 8 217 (SW) 1201 cloudy lt rain 23:00 65 48 8 269 (W) 826 mstly clr none 00:00 65 48 8 270 (W) 816 clear none 01:00 64 48 9 270 (W) 869 clear none 02:00 63 48 9 271 (W) 848 clear none 03:00 63 48 6 263 (W) 866 clear none 04:00 63 47 10 239 (WSW) 1272 clear none 05:00 62 45 10 216 (SW) 1063 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