From: Russet McMillan Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20080221 Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2008 06:09:10 -0700 (MST) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Thursday, February 21, 2008 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- E.Berger A.Soderberg DIS 19:45 05:55 INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B --------------------------------------------------------------------- PU01/R 18:47 05:46 0 1.0 0 0 0 10.0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialists: R.McMillan Patchy thick clouds delayed our opening, but mostly stayed away once we were in business. Seeing was moderate to poor (1.2-2 arcsec). Everything worked well. ------- FAILURE LOG ------- PROG INST FAILURE MODE TIME (SAEDFNVOG) TI/SHU START FINISH DESCRIPTION ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------- FOCUS LOG --------------- Time Instrument Focus Az El Temp Strc Prim Sec Air filt FWHM ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:55 dis-slit -56( -425) 201 68 -2.7 -1.4 -0.8 -1.8 -2.4 - 1.50 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------- 16:00 34 15 15 254 (WSW) 509 mstly cldy none 17:00 31 14 18 294 (WNW) 424 mstly cldy none 18:00 30 14 16 270 (W) 368 mstly cldy none 19:00 30 14 12 295 (WNW) 307 ptly cldy none 20:00 27 15 14 325 (NW) 256 mstly clr none 21:00 26 15 16 329 (NNW) 260 mstly clr none 22:00 25 15 11 334 (NNW) 144 clear none 23:00 25 16 17 309 (NW) 188 clear none 00:00 24 16 13 338 (NNW) 151 clear none 01:00 24 16 12 327 (NNW) 192 clear none 02:00 24 17 16 313 (NW) 236 clear none 03:00 24 18 16 333 (NNW) 351 clear none 04:00 24 18 15 323 (NW) 388 clear none 05:00 24 18 13 338 (NNW) 367 clear none 06:00 24 16 12 326 (NW) 389 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 1.4.5