Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 06:06:44 -0700 (MST) From: Jack Dembicky Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20080324 Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Monday, March 24, 2008 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- J.Fulbright G.Ruchti Echelle 17:30 01:10 M.Chou M.Chou Echelle 01:10 07:25 INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B --------------------------------------------------------------------- JH04/R 20:12 01:10 0 0 0 0 2.1 2.8 0 0 0 UV03/R 01:10 06:06 0 0 0 0 0 4.9 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialists: J. Dembicky I forgot to record the weather data for the first focus. I tweaked it during the first half. 01:50 slitview camera stopped (locked up?). Luckily the telescope tracked well enough that when I noticed the problem several minutes later the star was still on the slit. Restart of ecamera and ecam fixed the problem. ------- FAILURE LOG ------- PROG INST FAILURE MODE TIME (SAEDFNVOG) TI/SHU START FINISH DESCRIPTION ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------- FOCUS LOG --------------- Time Instrument Focus Az El Temp Strc Prim Sec Air filt FWHM ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:33 Echelle 251(-495) 59 68 -- -- -- -- -- ND2 0.94 01:12 Echelle -57(-912) 2 53 5.5 4.8 5.2 4.1 5.2 clear 1.3 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------- 16:00 51 7 10 260 (W) 2178 clear none 17:00 47 1 7 266 (W) 2218 clear none 18:00 45 11 8 269 (W) 2476 clear none 19:00 44 14 5 262 (W) 2610 clear none 20:00 41 9 9 233 (SW) 2507 clear none 21:00 41 13 7 248 (WSW) 2538 clear none 22:00 42 15 12 218 (SW) 2492 clear none 23:00 42 13 18 231 (SW) 2387 clear none 00:00 41 21 16 223 (SW) 2462 clear none 01:00 42 21 12 239 (WSW) 2312 clear none 02:00 42 24 11 267 (W) 2154 clear none 03:00 42 24 12 266 (W) 2268 clear none 04:00 42 24 18 289 (WNW) 2127 clear none 05:00 41 24 16 269 (W) 2177 clear none 06:00 41 26 19 275 (W) 1981 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