Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2008 06:09:40 -0700 (MST) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20081103 From: "Jack Dembicky" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Monday, November 03, 2008 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- J.Bally J.Bally, CU Class NICFPS 17:05 21:30 DIS 21:30 00:00 J.Frieman D.Tucker, H.Lin, S.Allam DIS 00:01 05:05 L.Buckley INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B --------------------------------------------------------------------- CU01/O 18:05 00:00 0 0 0 0 2.4 3.5 0 0 0 UC07/R 00:00 05:29 1.0 0 0 0 4.5 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky AZ velocity scale measured 580.5 was 580.0 changed n/c Alt velocity scale measured -635.5 was -634.0 changed n/c We saw some image elongation in Az (AZ -52 Alt 44) in a 240s exposure (/export/images/Q4CU01/UT081104/BS8.0008) at around 18:15. This was with 1s NA2 guider exposures. There was a lot of noise on the T load cell tonight at low ( 1u per 0.1 cubic feet. TELESCOPE STATUS Telescope drives operational. Current TCC version: 2.9.1 Current TUI version: TUI 1.5.1