From: Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20081017 Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2008 13:08:51 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, October 17, 2008 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- M.Drosback M.Drosback, Triplespec 18:40 00:45 R.Indebetouw T.Murphy R.McMillan APOLLO 01:00 01:57 J.Greene J.Greene Triplespec 02:02 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------- UV05/R 19:21 01:00 0 0 0 0 1.1 4.5 0 0 0 DD01/R 01:00 02:00 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 PU03/R 02:00 06:16 0 0 0 0 0 4.3 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: R.McMillan The night was clear with good to moderate seeing. Telescope and instruments worked perfectly. ------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:12 TSPEC 125( 625) -28 55 8.9 12.0 10.2 10.7 9.4 K 1.00 00:53 APOLLO -75( 810) 79 47 8.8 7.5 8.0 6.7 7.8 5030 2.00 02:15 TSPEC 25( 314) -37 53 8.6 7.7 8.2 6.9 7.9 K 1.15 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------- 16:00 56 41 2 226 (SW) 906 clear none 17:00 56 43 6 232 (SW) 932 clear none 18:00 52 40 2 219 (SW) 1013 clear none 19:00 48 33 10 83 (E) 352 clear none 20:00 46 30 12 60 (ENE) 184 clear none 21:00 45 31 16 57 (ENE) 979 clear none 22:00 47 24 23 61 (ENE) 912 clear none 23:00 46 20 19 68 (ENE) 1000 clear none 00:00 46 19 15 76 (ENE) 837 clear none 01:00 48 24 7 74 (ENE) 881 clear none 02:00 45 25 6 107 (ESE) 836 clear none 03:00 48 24 5 185 (S) 992 clear none 04:00 47 21 10 114 (ESE) 854 clear none 05:00 48 14 12 145 (SE) 622 clear none 06:00 48 9 18 138 (SE) 409 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 1.5.1