Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2008 04:33:17 -0600 (MDT) From: Jack Dembicky Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20080422 Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Tuesday, April 22, 2008 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- J.Wilson J.Wilson, J.Leisenring TSpec --:-- --:-- INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B --------------------------------------------------------------------- EN02/O 20:35 05:27 1.5 7.4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialists: J. Dembicky Just afer we focused, and onto Saturn, we got swamped with clouds. Various engineering tests with TSpec but no science data due to clouds. ------- 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:11 Tcam 137(684) -9 56 11.8 13.0 12.9 12.3 11.7 Ks 1.13 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------- 16:00 58 13 12 249 (WSW) 1307 pt. cldy none 17:00 57 11 22 234 (SW) 1452 pt. cldy none 18:00 59 14 20 238 (WSW) 1468 mst cldy none 19:00 58 12 16 240 (WSW) 1813 mst cldy none 20:00 53 8 13 211 (SSW) 2251 cldy none 21:00 53 8 16 199 (SSW) 1785 cldy none 22:00 52 7 13 199 (SSW) 1402 cldy none 23:00 52 6 6 163 (SSE) 1603 cldy none 00:00 52 6 12 152 (SSE) 1926 cldy none 01:00 54 9 11 184 (S) 1546 cldy none 02:00 53 8 13 203 (SSW) 1644 cldy none 03:00 53 8 14 194 (SSW) 1590 cldy none 04:00 52 6 15 198 (SSW) 1759 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 1.4.5