Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2008 13:22:10 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20080209 From: "Gabrelle Saurage" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, February 9th, 2008 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- S.Krughoff S.Krughoff DIS 17:50 00:03 Q.Hart Q.Hart DIS 00:05 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- UW09/R 18:38 00:10 0 0 0 0 3.5 2.1 0 0 0 CU02/R 00:10 05:57 0 0 0 0 5.8 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialists: G.Saurage AzVeloScales: 587.8, 592.4, 590.1 (no change) Clear skies. Started off with good seeing, poor seeing most of the middle of the night improving towards morning. 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 18:38 dis-slit 57( 115) 1 67 5.6 7.3 6.4 6.5 5.8 0.88 20:01 dis-slit 16( -7) 185 70 5.4 5.7 5.8 5.1 5.4 0.92 00:14 dis-slit -107(-234) 14 44 2.9 3.0 3.4 2.2 2.8 1.76 01:29 dis-slit -31(-185) -157 69 4.8 3.1 3.8 2.3 3.9 1.50 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------- 16:00 44 9 9 1 (N) 309 clear none 17:00 43 8 15 11 (N) 232 clear none 18:00 42 0 9 14 (NNE) 193 clear none 19:00 42 -1 8 34 (NE) 147 clear none 20:00 42 0 5 11 (N) 73 clear none 21:00 41 0 11 21 (NNE) 78 clear none 22:00 40 2 7 31 (NNE) 132 clear none 23:00 40 2 12 22 (NNE) 137 clear none 00:00 37 2 2 57 (ENE) 82 clear none 01:00 39 -2 6 8 (N) 178 clear none 02:00 40 1 6 359 (N) 80 clear none 03:00 41 2 1 357 (N) 72 clear none 04:00 41 7 2 279 (W) 116 clear none 05:00 41 3 1 222 (SW) 74 clear none 06:00 38 2 6 184 (S) 48 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