Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2008 05:47:33 -0700 (MST) From: Jack Dembicky Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20080108 Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Tuesday, January 08, 2008 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- A.Becker A.Becker AGILE 16:40 00:05 E.Hilton E.Hilton, A.Mukadam AGILE 00:15 04:49 INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B --------------------------------------------------------------------- UW01/R 18:11 00:10 0 0 0 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 UW04/R 00:10 06:09 1.3 0 0 0 4.7 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky No problems tonight. Humidity started creeping up after about 3AM and closed us down just before 5AM. ------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 17:39 AGILE 50(-473) 3 58 1.9 3.6 2.2 2.4 2.3 I 1.1 18:20 AGILE -200(-728) 137 22 0.1 2.4 1.5 0.7 0.5 I 1.3 01:07 AGILE -175(-868) -23 55 -0.8 -0.1 0.2 -0.9 -0.6 U 0.9 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions --------------------------------------------------------------------- 16:00 39 7 0 260 (W) 288 clear none 17:00 32 12 2 205 (SSW) 190 clear none 18:00 37 -12 1 194 (SSW) 123 cirrus none 19:00 34 -14 11 214 (SW) 160 cirrus none 20:00 34 -14 6 261 (W) 173 cirrus none 21:00 36 -13 10 269 (W) 151 cirrus none 22:00 36 -13 10 267 (W) 137 cirrus none 23:00 36 -12 12 268 (W) 149 cirrus none 00:00 35 -13 12 268 (W) 169 cirrus none 01:00 32 -1 9 274 (W) 165 cirrus none 02:00 31 18 12 275 (W) 456 cirrus none 03:00 31 18 7 267 (W) 421 cirrus none 04:00 32 20 16 291 (WNW) 443 cirrus none 05:00 30 28 13 262 (W) 663 cloudy 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