Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2008 13:06:50 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20080329 From: "Gabrelle Saurage" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, March 29th, 2008 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- M.Strauss M.Shin DIS 19:40 05:15 T.Murphy R.McMillan,J.Battat APOLLO 05:20 07:00 INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B --------------------------------------------------------------------- PU08/R 20:16 05:29 0 0 0 0 6.5 2.7 0 0 0 DD01.R/R 05:29 06:50 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 0.8 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialists: G.Saurage Smooth sailing. Variable seeing. Apollo reports 3 circuits around 4 reflectors. ------- 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 18:55 dis-slit 183(272) 159 66 8.9 9.9 9.2 9.1 8.8 1.62 20:53 dis-slit 84( 83) -43 64 8.2 8.1 8.5 7.8 8.2 1.08 04:32 APOLLO 50(857) 28 25 5.1 5.1 5.5 4.7 5.0 1.80 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------- 16:00 52 9 25 270 (W) 1925 clear none 17:00 51 7 20 275 (W) 1692 clear none 18:00 53 9 27 247 (WSW) 1779 clear none 19:00 50 6 22 265 (W) 1750 clear none 20:00 48 5 22 251 (WSW) 1849 clear none 21:00 47 8 19 257 (WSW) 1811 clear none 22:00 47 9 17 265 (W) 1889 clear none 23:00 47 10 18 262 (W) 1997 clear none 00:00 46 11 21 256 (WSW) 2153 clear none 01:00 45 11 20 258 (WSW) 2119 clear none 02:00 44 12 20 260 (W) 2070 clear none 03:00 43 14 13 262 (W) 2032 clear none 04:00 42 14 9 271 (W) 2021 clear none 05:00 42 14 13 275 (W) 2135 clear none 06:00 42 15 16 274 (W) 2226 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