Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2008 05:04:58 -0700 (MST) From: Jack Dembicky Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20080203 Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Sunday, February 3, 2008 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- E. Hilton E. Hilton AGILE --:-- --:-- A. Reines A. Reines DIS --:-- --:-- INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B --------------------------------------------------------------------- UW05/P 18:33 00:10 5.6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UV02/D 00:10 06:01 5.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialists: J.Coughlin, J. Dembicky Winds with gusts in excess of 35mph, and opaque clouds kept us closed all night. We gave up at 05:00 with wind gust still around 40MPH. ------- 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 37 13 25 218 (SW) 2864 cldy none 17:00 38 13 26 254 (WSW) 2198 cldy none 18:00 36 14 27 241 (WSW) 1826 cldy none 19:00 36 15 33 243 (WSW) 1231 cldy none 20:00 35 16 32 227 (SW) 3206 cldy none 21:00 34 17 32 216 (SW) 2151 cldy none 22:00 34 18 26 213 (SSW) 1933 cldy none 23:00 33 18 41 216 (SW) 2077 cldy none 00:00 32 17 26 209 (SSW) 2583 cldy none 01:00 31 18 27 207 (SSW) 2412 cldy none 02:00 31 19 26 231 (SW) 2951 cldy none 03:00 30 20 25 241 (WSW) 1661 cldy none 04:00 30 24 25 263 (W) 815 cldy none 05:00 30 24 22 245 (WSW) 678 cldy 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