Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2008 07:02:39 -0700 (MST) From: Jack Dembicky Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20080110 Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Thursday, January 10, 2008 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- M.Gladders M.Gladders DIS 17:40 00:05 J.Frieman H.Lin, T.Diehl SPIcam 00:05 06:55 L.Buckley-Greer M.Syphers INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B --------------------------------------------------------------------- UC01/R 18:13 00:10 0 0 0 0 4.5 1.5 0 0 0 UC04/R 00:10 06:09 0 0 0 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky The weather info was out for part of the first half tonight. Jon B. was working on it. No telescope problems tonight. ------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:18 DISslit -154(-537) -75 46 -3.6 -2.1 -1.8 -2.5 -3.2 -- 1.2 20:12 DISslit -54(-466) 6 48 -- -- -- -- -- -- 1.4 00:19 SPIcam -35(-298) 122 51 -2.0 -2.6 -1.6 -2.9 -2.3 r' 2.7 02:30 SPIcam 70(-165) 77 51 -0.8 -2.6 -1.4 -2.3 -1.7 r' 1.4 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions --------------------------------------------------------------------- 16:00 27 4 7 297 (WNW) clear none 17:00 27 5 11 349 (N) clear none 18:00 26 8 2 24 (NNE) clear none 21:00 3 280 (W) clear none 22:00 29 13 13 327 (NNW) 337 clear none 23:00 29 12 16 333 (NNW) 356 clear none 00:00 28 14 12 336 (NNW) 388 clear none 01:00 29 13 16 11 (N) 378 clear none 02:00 29 13 15 1 (N) 385 clear none 03:00 32 14 28 20 (NNE) 221 clear none 04:00 31 13 23 9 (N) 115 clear none 05:00 34 2 14 357 (N) 75 clear none 06:00 34 2 11 3 (N) 69 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 1.4.4