Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2008 10:57:03 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20080105 From: "Gabrelle Saurage" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, January 5th, 2008 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- D.York B.Woodgate,C.Grady, GFP 17:20 18:00 D.Bonfield,G.Hilton B.Woodgate B.Woodgate,C.Grady, GFP --:-- --:-- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- UC07/R 18:09 00:05 1.0 4.6 0 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 DD02/R 00:05 06:09 0 6.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialists: G.Saurage AzVelScales: 587.4, 591.7; 589.6 no change. We opened at sunset with overcast skies just to get sky flats; then closed as soon as they were done. The sky varied between thinner and heavier total cloud cover most of the evening. At times the wind rose above limits and humidity stayed relatively high. ------- 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 37 27 19 266 (W) 396 cloudy none 17:00 37 27 20 266 (W) 376 cloudy none 18:00 37 27 19 270 (W) 411 cloudy none 19:00 37 29 20 262 (W) 490 cloudy none 20:00 38 28 26 237 (WSW) 462 cloudy none 21:00 38 29 25 247 (WSW) 428 cloudy none 22:00 37 27 26 258 (WSW) 424 cloudy none 23:00 37 27 22 263 (W) 445 cloudy none 00:00 36 28 21 264 (W) 398 cloudy none 01:00 35 27 20 260 (W) 369 mstly cldy none 02:00 35 25 28 255 (WSW) 427 cloudy none 03:00 33 25 20 257 (WSW) 450 mstly 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 1.4.3