Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2008 06:57:57 -0700 (MST) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20081229 From: "Jack Dembicky" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Monday, December 29, 2008 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- P.Kundurthy P.Kundurthy, K.Covey TSPEC 17:05 23:50 P.Szkody A.Mukadam AGILE 00:07 07:00 INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B --------------------------------------------------------------------- UW01/R 18:04 00:00 0 0 0 0 4.7 1.2 0 0 0 UW04/R 00:00 06:07 0 0 0 0 6.1 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky Az Measured 577.8 was 577.0 changed n/c Alt Measured -603.0 was -603.0 changed n/c No problems tonight ------- FAILURE LOG ------- PROG INST FAILURE MODE TIME (STEDFNVOG) TI/SHU START FINISH DESCRIPTION ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------- FOCUS LOG --------------- Time Instrument Focus Az El Temp Strc Prim Sec Air filt FWHM ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 17:27 TSPEC -15( 343) 62 56 5.3 9.2 7.4 7.7 6.9 Ks 0.61 17:30 NA2gdr -218(33782) 61 57 5.2 9.0 7.3 7.4 6.8 R 0.85 00:31 AGILE -165( -567) -119 36 6.0 5.3 5.6 4.1 5.2 BG40 0.79 00:32 NA2gdr 2800( ) -119 35 5.6 5.3 5.5 4.1 5.2 clear 0.86 03:51 AGILE -110( -596) -36 62 4.3 4.3 4.6 3.9 4.3 BG40 0.57 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------- 16:00 45 8 3 221 (SW) 160 clear none 17:00 45 1 4 258 (WSW) 255 clear none 18:00 41 0 7 247 (WSW) 277 clear none 19:00 42 -1 7 252 (WSW) 254 clear none 20:00 42 -2 9 229 (SW) 277 clear none 21:00 42 -1 8 239 (WSW) 271 clear none 22:00 43 -1 8 215 (SW) 147 clear none 23:00 43 -2 2 196 (SSW) 63 clear none 00:00 44 -1 8 234 (SW) 121 clear none 01:00 41 -4 7 198 (SSW) 27 clear none 02:00 42 -4 8 182 (S) 19 clear none 03:00 41 -3 9 201 (SSW) 5 clear none 04:00 40 7 11 219 (SW) 199 clear none 05:00 39 10 8 221 (SW) 250 clear none 06:00 40 8 5 258 (WSW) 312 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 1.5.1