Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2008 06:47:22 -0600 (MDT) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20081006 From: "Jack Dembicky" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Monday, October 06, 2008 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- T.Murphy R.McMillan APOLLO 18:45 19:40 D.Bowen D.Bowen DIS 19:45 00:57 J.Frieman P.Garnavich, B.Dilday DIS 01:00 02:30 05:30 06:19 INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B --------------------------------------------------------------------- DD01/R 18:49 19:49 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 0.7 0 0 PU04/R 19:49 01:05 0 0 0 0 1.2 3.9 0 0 0 UC05/R 01:05 06:09 3.1 0 0 0 2.1 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky 02:25 humidity closed us, we re-opened around 05:30 DIS Blue ion pump was running pretty high this morning. Temps looked OK. ------- 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:50 APOLLO 0(994) 33 63 6.3 10.1 8.3 9.0 7.5 -- 2.0 19:54 DISslit 30(48) 40 50 5.5 8.2 7.1 6.5 6.4 -- 2.0 19:56 NA2gdr 1708(22000) 39 51 4.8 8.2 7.1 6.5 6.4 clear 1.9 00:58 DISslit 183(59) 21 70 6.1 8.7 6.8 5.0 5.8 -- 0.9 01:01 NA2gdr -677(22000) 20 70 6.1 5.7 6.9 5.0 5.8 clear 0.85 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------- 17:00 45 39 7 92 (E) 378 pt. cldy none 18:00 46 39 6 3 (N) 318 pt. cldy none 19:00 43 37 7 2 (N) 339 pt. cldy none 20:00 43 37 8 34 (NE) 463 pt. cldy none 21:00 44 37 12 93 (E) 374 clear none 22:00 43 37 8 85 (E) 380 clear none 23:00 43 37 8 94 (E) 479 pt. cldy none 00:00 43 37 9 115 (ESE) 465 pt. cldy none 01:00 43 37 7 93 (E) 480 clear none 02:00 41 37 8 93 (E) 531 pt. cldy humid 03:00 41 38 9 107 (ESE) 525 clear humid 04:00 40 38 10 102 (ESE) 491 clear humid 05:00 41 37 9 88 (E) 518 clear humid 06:00 41 36 7 97 (E) 506 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