Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20081222 Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2008 15:23:43 +0000 (UTC) From: bketzeba@apo.nmsu.edu Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Monday, December 22, 2008 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- E.Hilton E.Hilton Agile --:-- --:-- M.Shin M.Shin, M.Oguri DIS --:-- --:-- INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B ---------------------------------------------------------------------- UW08/R 18:00 00:00 6.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 PU02/R 00:00 06:05 3.8 2.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: B.Ketzeback Overcast skies and high winds. We never opened. I spent the night working on fastcam data reductions and other projects. ------- 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 34 5 16 256 (WSW) 425 cloudy none 17:00 35 7 17 239 (WSW) 536 cloudy none 18:00 33 8 19 261 (W) 603 cloudy none 19:00 33 11 14 238 (WSW) 631 cloudy none 20:00 34 12 20 258 (WSW) 662 cloudy none 21:00 33 11 24 224 (SW) 1133 cloudy none 22:00 33 13 21 225 (SW) 1643 cloudy none 23:00 33 13 31 216 (SW) 1587 cloudy none 00:00 32 12 30 221 (SW) 1322 cloudy none 01:00 31 12 34 236 (SW) 1434 cloudy none 02:00 30 12 16 240 (WSW) 1420 cloudy none 03:00 30 14 20 255 (WSW) 820 cloudy none 04:00 30 14 28 251 (WSW) 590 cloudy none 05:00 30 14 26 252 (WSW) 656 cloudy none 06:00 29 17 34 254 (WSW) 643 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 1.5.1