Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20080211 Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 06:38:43 -0700 (MST) From: bketzeba@apo.nmsu.edu (Bill Ketzeback) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Monday, February 11, 2008 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- A.Becker A.Becker Agile 17:45 00:04 R.Walterbos C.Wu DIS 00:20 06:45 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 18:39 00:10 0 0 0 0 1.2 4.3 0 0 0 NM01/R 00:10 05:55 0 0 0 0 5.8 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: B.Ketzeback We had one rotator controller error at 21:58 that took about 3 minutes to recover from. No downtime was counted. The rotator was positioned at about 190 degrees rotation. No other problems tonight other than some variable thickness cirrus for the middle of the night. ------- 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 23:53 AGILE -225(-612) 217 66 4.8 1.4 1.4 1.1 1.3 I 0.96 00:21 dis-slit -219(-203) 222 63 4.8 1.4 1.4 1.1 1.6 -- 1.35 04:18 dis-slit -282(-271) 247 72 4.8 1.1 1.1 0.4 0.5 -- 1.35 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------- 16:00 43 8 13 300 (WNW) 276 clear none 17:00 43 9 10 280 (W) 234 clear none 18:00 40 9 9 284 (WNW) 191 clear none 19:00 41 8 14 297 (WNW) 179 clear none 20:00 41 9 12 319 (NW) 190 mstly clr none 21:00 39 10 12 345 (NNW) 216 ptly cldy none 22:00 37 10 12 353 (N) 262 ptly cldy none 23:00 36 10 21 2 (N) 205 ptly cldy none 00:00 35 14 11 21 (NNE) 371 mstly clr none 01:00 35 9 26 1 (N) 321 clear none 02:00 35 9 24 23 (NNE) 230 mstly clr none 03:00 35 3 18 10 (N) 268 mstly clr none 04:00 35 3 4 289 (WNW) 143 mstly clr none 05:00 31 8 12 10 (N) 338 clear none 06:00 30 8 15 346 (NNW) 220 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 1.4.4