Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2008 12:37:12 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20081025 From: "Gabrelle Saurage" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, October 25, 2008 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- B.Williams B.Williams DIS 18:30 01:00 J.Holtzman B.Dilday DIS 01:02 06:40 INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B --------------------------------------------------------------------- UW03/R 19:13 01:00 0 0 0 0 5.8 0 0 0 0 NM08/R 01:00 06:22 0 0 0 0 4.1 1.3 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialists: G.Saurage AzVeloScale: 584.1, 589.5; 586.8 (no change) Clear, if slightly hazy, skies all night. Good to moderate seeing. No problems. ------- 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 19:08 dis-slit 55(248) 84 71 11.8 12.1 11.6 11.4 11.5 1.11 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------- 16:00 53 14 9 13 (NNE) 830 clear none 17:00 51 13 12 12 (NNE) 885 clear none 18:00 51 12 14 21 (NNE) 881 clear none 19:00 53 12 20 17 (NNE) 836 clear none 20:00 54 13 21 2 (N) 714 clear none 21:00 54 11 18 3 (N) 865 clear none 22:00 54 11 22 6 (N) 1132 clear none 23:00 53 10 24 20 (NNE) 1120 clear none 00:00 54 12 19 7 (N) 1316 clear none 01:00 53 14 23 17 (NNE) 871 clear none 02:00 52 11 23 15 (NNE) 899 clear none 03:00 51 11 23 21 (NNE) 855 clear none 04:00 52 18 25 29 (NNE) 470 clear none 05:00 55 20 22 28 (NNE) 210 clear none 06:00 56 19 15 37 (NE) 161 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