From: Russet McMillan Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20080113 Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 07:12:26 -0700 (MST) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Sunday, January 13, 2008 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- J.Hughes J.Hughes SPIcam 18:20 19:00 23:40 06:45 INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B --------------------------------------------------------------------- UW05/R 18:15 06:09 0.9 3.9 0 0 6.4 0.7 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: Russet McMillan Clouds in the vicinity thickened after sunset; we focused but didn't manage any science. Near midnight the clouds thinned and we re-opened, but it wasn't really clear until around 01:30. Seeing was greater than 1.5, sometimes greater than 2 arcseconds. Telescope and SPIcam worked well. ------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:34 SPICAM -50( -233) 122 24 -3.8 -1.9 -1.7 -2.8 -3.4 R 1.90 23:53 SPICAM -10( -459) -13 56 -7.3 -6.3 -6.1 -6.8 -7.2 R 1.70 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------- 16:00 28 -3 3 253 (WSW) 149 ptly cldy none 17:00 27 0 3 252 (WSW) 168 ptly cldy none 18:00 26 2 5 89 (E) 232 mstly cldy none 19:00 24 6 8 89 (E) 266 cloudy none 20:00 26 0 5 167 (SSE) 213 cloudy none 21:00 23 7 13 82 (E) 260 cloudy none 22:00 21 7 24 75 (ENE) 328 mstly cldy none 23:00 20 6 17 75 (ENE) 332 ptly cldy none 00:00 19 7 17 85 (E) 278 ptly cldy none 01:00 19 7 25 73 (ENE) 316 mstly clr none 02:00 18 5 27 71 (ENE) 259 clear none 03:00 18 6 24 69 (ENE) 312 clear none 04:00 18 4 15 93 (E) 328 clear none 05:00 18 6 18 78 (ENE) 350 clear none 06:00 18 8 19 82 (E) 423 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 1.4.3