Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 13:33:13 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20081130 From: "Gabrelle Saurage" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Sunday, November 30, 2008 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- A.Becker B.Dilday DIS 17:17 23:59 C.Churchill G.Kacprzak DIS 00:02 06:30 INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B ---------------------------------------------------------------------- UW09/R 17:54 00:00 0 0 0 0 4.5 1.6 0 0 0 NM07/R 00:00 05:51 0 0 0 0 5.9 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialists: G.Saurage AzVeloScale: 581.8, 580.7; 581.2 (no change) Clear and windy; moderate to poor seeing all night. 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 17:41 dis-slit 385( 118) -21 56 1.9 2.5 1.6 2.2 2.1 1.68 00:11 dis-slit -16(-407) 113 51 0.1 -0.1 0.2 -0.6 -0.1 1.97 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------- 16:00 38 21 14 313 (NW) 699 clear none 17:00 36 20 11 319 (NW) 555 clear none 18:00 35 21 12 314 (NW) 424 clear none 19:00 35 19 5 275 (W) 449 clear none 20:00 34 18 5 337 (NNW) 435 clear none 21:00 34 18 18 3 (N) 460 clear none 22:00 33 19 9 301 (WNW) 369 clear none 23:00 32 20 13 325 (NW) 306 clear none 00:00 32 20 11 353 (N) 262 clear none 01:00 32 20 16 352 (N) 275 clear none 02:00 32 21 1 303 (WNW) 269 clear none 03:00 32 21 9 350 (N) 230 clear none 04:00 31 21 21 1 (N) 313 clear none 05:00 30 21 13 40 (NE) 291 clear none 06:00 31 18 18 24 (NNE) 289 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