Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2008 12:39:11 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20080222 From: "Gabrelle Saurage" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, February 22nd, 2008 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- G.Wolf-Chase G.Wolf-Chase,M.Smutko NICFPS --:-- --:-- T.Murphy R.McMillan APOLLO --:-- --:-- D.York J.Barentine DIS --:-- --:-- INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B --------------------------------------------------------------------- UC03/R 18:48 00:10 0.9 4.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UW13/R 00:10 01:10 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UC02/R 01:10 05:45 0 4.6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialists: G.Saurage Thick clouds rolled in just before sunset. Light snow at 18:30. Clouds persisted all night. Winds increased second half; over the limit on and off after 4:00am. Never opened. Closed dome rotator testing was done first half. AGILE was mounted in the morning for daytime calibrations on Saturday. ------- 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 35 20 13 262 (W) 506 cloudy none 17:00 34 23 18 220 (SW) 778 cloudy none 18:00 32 24 16 226 (SW) 748 cloudy lt snow 19:00 32 25 12 262 (W) 718 cloudy none 20:00 32 24 17 210 (SSW) 708 cloudy none 21:00 33 22 18 219 (SW) 687 cloudy none 22:00 34 21 25 222 (SW) 748 cloudy none 23:00 34 20 19 225 (SW) 723 cloudy none 00:00 33 20 23 215 (SW) 761 cloudy none 01:00 32 20 28 199 (SSW) 832 cloudy none 02:00 32 20 31 198 (SSW) 1248 cloudy none 03:00 32 20 18 212 (SSW) 1491 cloudy none 04:00 32 21 28 217 (SW) 1090 cloudy none 05:00 31 22 29 233 (SW) 1547 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 1.4.5