Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20080225 Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 06:13:12 -0700 (MST) From: bketzeba@apo.nmsu.edu (Bill Ketzeback) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Monday, February 25, 2008 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- J.Bary J.Bary,S.Matt Echelle 18:11 00:04 R.Campbell T.Harrison DIS 00:20 06:20 INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B --------------------------------------------------------------------- UV05/R 18:50 00:10 0 0 0 0 3.7 1.6 0 0 0 NM03/R 00:10 05:42 0 0 0 0 0 5.5 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: B.Ketzeback After the first few hours it cleared off nicely. Winds were from the N-NE most of the night so seeing was moderate to poor. No problems. ------- 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 18:32 ECHELLE -146(-1079) 8 79 1.6 3.4 3.5 2.4 1.8 nd2 1.58 00:16 dis-slit -66( -408) -47 79 -1.7 -0.8 -0.3 -1.6 -1.5 -- 1.80 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------- 16:00 38 9 5 277 (W) 422 ptly cldy none 17:00 38 6 13 10 (N) 338 ptly cldy none 18:00 36 8 13 354 (N) 363 ptly cldy none 19:00 35 7 17 30 (NNE) 292 clear none 20:00 35 6 18 25 (NNE) 260 clear none 21:00 35 4 23 32 (NNE) 248 clear none 22:00 35 4 20 23 (NNE) 493 clear none 23:00 32 3 19 68 (ENE) 143 clear none 00:00 30 8 16 63 (ENE) 199 clear none 01:00 29 8 17 65 (ENE) 187 clear none 02:00 30 7 12 30 (NNE) 135 clear none 03:00 30 6 12 16 (NNE) 122 clear none 04:00 29 7 10 3 (N) 119 clear none 05:00 28 7 6 350 (N) 128 clear none 06:00 27 6 3 358 (N) 105 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