Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20080104 Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2008 08:11:33 -0700 (MST) From: bketzeba@apo.nmsu.edu (Bill Ketzeback) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, January 04, 2008 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- B.Woodgate B.Woodgate,C.Grady, GFP 17:00 22:30 D.Bonfield,G.Hilton INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B --------------------------------------------------------------------- DD02/O 18:08 06:09 6.3 1.3 0 0 4.4 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: W.Ketzeback We were able to get a few hours of observations in before the dewpoint depression and cloud cover forced us to close. We never reopened. ------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:17 GFP 150( 113) -40 44 1.2 1.8 1.5 1.2 1.2 6565 0.95 19:55 GFP 150( 39) 38 62 0.8 0.7 0.9 0.3 0.6 6565 1.20 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions --------------------------------------------------------------------- 16:00 38 27 10 295 (WNW) 284 mstly clr none 17:00 34 26 7 267 (W) 356 mstly clr none 18:00 34 28 16 274 (W) 954 mstly clr none 19:00 34 28 18 264 (W) 846 mstly clr none 20:00 33 28 19 267 (W) 753 ptly cldy none 21:00 33 27 17 261 (W) 722 mstly cldy none 22:00 33 28 20 274 (W) 528 mstly cldy humid 23:00 32 29 15 282 (WNW) 451 mstly cldy humid 00:00 32 30 20 273 (W) 487 mstly clr humid 01:00 33 30 22 276 (W) 361 clear humid 02:00 33 31 18 275 (W) 270 clear humid 03:00 33 31 20 264 (W) 276 mstly clr humid 04:00 34 31 19 266 (W) 401 mstly clr humid 05:00 34 29 20 254 (WSW) 581 mstly clr humid 06:00 33 30 19 272 (W) 610 mstly clr humid 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