Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2008 12:27:24 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20081212 From: "Gabrelle Saurage" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, December 12th, 2008 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- C.Miller C.Miller AGILE --:-- --:-- T.Murphy R.McMillan APOLLO --:-- --:-- D.York J.Barentine Echelle, DIS --:-- --:-- INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NM01/R 17:56 23:00 0 5.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DD01/R 23:00 00:00 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UC02/R 00:00 05:59 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialists: G.Saurage Heavy overcast skies all night. Winds increasing second half. Although we were closed for weather, all the tertiary moves went smoothly. DIS blue is off the pump and still running very high. ------- 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------- ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------- 16:00 39 20 10 187 (S) 193 cloudy none 17:00 36 18 17 194 (SSW) 216 cloudy none 18:00 38 17 14 210 (SSW) 130 cloudy none 19:00 37 14 15 206 (SSW) 249 cloudy none 20:00 36 16 14 209 (SSW) 294 cloudy none 21:00 38 14 15 213 (SSW) 112 cloudy none 22:00 37 18 16 217 (SW) 343 cloudy none 23:00 35 19 17 205 (SSW) 571 cloudy none 00:00 35 20 17 225 (SW) 909 cloudy none 01:00 34 20 22 213 (SSW) 1546 cloudy none 02:00 33 20 20 213 (SSW) 1529 cloudy none 03:00 33 20 25 244 (WSW) 1024 cloudy none 04:00 34 21 19 259 (W) 441 cloudy none 05:00 34 21 12 245 (WSW) 387 cloudy 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