Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 05:51:58 -0600 (MDT) From: Jack Dembicky Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20070923 Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Sunday, September 23, 2007 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- S.Hawley S.Hawley, 11 students DIS --:-- --:-- A.Mukadam A.Mukadam Agile --:-- --:-- 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 19:52 01:05 0 5.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UW09/R 01:05 05:59 1.7 3.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky Clouds, humidity, Lt. Rain, and fog kept us closed all night. I did some web page updates. ------- 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 53 15 243 (WSW) 651 cldy none 17:00 56 50 16 214 (SW) 586 cldy none 18:00 53 50 10 266 (W) 843 cldy none 19:00 53 50 13 237 (WSW) 817 cldy none 20:00 53 50 14 269 (W) 818 cldy none 21:00 52 50 13 254 (WSW) 818 cldy none 22:00 51 49 11 252 (WSW) 659 cldy none 23:00 50 48 15 246 (WSW) 539 cldy none 00:00 50 48 18 252 (WSW) 607 cldy none 01:00 50 50 16 198 (SSW) 768 cldy fog 02:00 49 49 10 240 (WSW) 8342 cldy fog 03:00 49 50 23 241 (WSW) 6440 cldy fog 04:00 49 50 18 277 (W) 3464 cldy fog 05:00 49 50 12 269 (W) 7229 cldy fog 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