Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2007 06:29:02 -0600 (MDT) From: Jack Dembicky Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20070922 Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, September 22, 2007 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- S.Hawley S.Hawley, 11 students SPIcam, 17:00 23:15 Echelle F.Hearty F.Hearty SPIcam --:-- --:-- INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B --------------------------------------------------------------------- UW01/O 19:54 01:05 0 1.8 0 0 0 3.4 0 0 0 CU01/R 01:05 05:59 2.7 2.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky Measured Az Vel scale 577.3 Clouds closed us down at 23:20, never re-opened. 2nd half I worked on setting up a calendar program for the obs specs to use. ------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:01 SPIcam 380(921) 2 26 13.8 14.6 15.8 13.8 13.9 r' 1.1 21:06 Echelle 359(-70) 200 48 13.4 13.7 15.3 12.8 13.3 ND3 1.2 23:14 Echelle 314(-140) 216 46 12.6 12.7 14.5 12.2 12.5 ND1 1.2 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions --------------------------------------------------------------------- 17:00 66 42 6 203 (SSW) 486 clear none 18:00 63 43 6 212 (SSW) 530 clear none 19:00 58 42 15 150 (SSE) 621 clear none 20:00 57 42 21 131 (SE) 600 Mst. clr none 21:00 56 43 19 138 (SE) 662 Pt. Cldy none 22:00 56 42 20 137 (SE) 621 Pt. Cldy none 23:00 55 47 24 139 (SE) 762 Cldy none 00:00 54 47 21 146 (SE) 755 Cldy none 01:00 52 51 24 150 (SSE) 1197 Cldy Lt. Rain 02:00 52 53 17 167 (SSE) 1193 Cldy none 03:00 53 51 17 138 (SE) 873 Cldy none 04:00 51 50 18 150 (SSE) 566 Cldy none 05:00 51 49 17 151 (SSE) 552 Cldy none 06:00 50 50 10 190 (S) 563 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 1.4