Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2008 02:49:11 -0700 From: "Jeff Coughlin" Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20080302 Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, March 2nd, 2008 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- E. Hilton E. Hilton AGILE --:-- --:-- C. Conroy J.Greene SPICAM --:-- --:-- INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B --------------------------------------------------------------------- UW04/R 18:55 00:10 5.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 PU06/R 00:10 05:35 3.7 1.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialists: J.Coughlin High winds, high humidity, and light snow kept us closed the entire night. Observers took calibrations on Agile and SPICAM. By 2:30am MST ~0.5" of snow\ice had accumulated, and since forecast revealed no hope of improvement in weather, I closed for the rest of the night. ------- 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 38 16 35 255 (WSW) 3314 mstly clr none 17:00 31 21 22 306 (NW) 6853 mstly clr none 18:00 31 22 1 306 (NW) 3111 mstly cldy humid 19:00 29 22 11 305 (NW) 2293 cloudy lt snow 20:00 22 22 9 22 (NNE) 1373 cloudy lt snow 21:00 24 21 2 76 (ENE) 912 cloudy lt snow 22:00 24 18 9 35 (NE) 366 ptly cldy none 23:00 16 14 25 60 (ENE) 2802 ptly cldy lt snow 00:00 13 10 29 65 (ENE) 2932 mstly cldy lt snow 01:00 11 6 39 67 (ENE) 2012 mstly cldy lt snow 02:00 10 5 19 72 (ENE) 2957 mstly cldy lt snow 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