Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2008 05:13:29 -0700 (MST) From: Jack Dembicky Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20080107 Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Monday, January 07, 2008 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- A.Rettura A.Rettura NICFPS --:-- --:-- INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B --------------------------------------------------------------------- JH02/R 18:10 06:09 12.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky Wind and clouds then humidity and freezing rain/sleet kept us closed tonight. I called it a night at 05:00 as the humidity was still fairly stable at 95% and cloudy. ------- 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 32 22 43 267 (W) 3072 cldy none 17:00 31 22 37 265 (W) 5036 cldy none 18:00 31 23 31 258 (WSW) 5671 cldy none 19:00 30 24 25 245 (WSW) 4242 cldy none 20:00 29 25 31 269 (W) 4627 cldy none 21:00 28 28 27 271 (W) 2588 cldy sleet 22:00 28 28 15 266 (W) 2206 cldy sleet 23:00 28 28 12 258 (WSW) 593 cldy fog 00:00 28 28 20 297 (WNW) 68 cldy fog 01:00 28 28 17 300 (WNW) 29 cldy fog 02:00 28 28 13 299 (WNW) 5 cldy fog 03:00 27 27 16 295 (WNW) 297 cldy fog 04:00 26 26 8 320 (NW) 201 cldy none 05:00 26 24 14 321 (NW) 164 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