Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20080501 Date: Fri, 2 May 2008 04:25:16 -0600 (MDT) From: bketzeba@apo.nmsu.edu (Bill Ketzeback) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Thursday, May 1st, 2008 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- B.Keeney B.Keeney,J.Stocke, DIS --:-- --:-- T.Yan INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B --------------------------------------------------------------------- CU02/O 20:43 05:17 7.4 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: B.Ketzeback High winds, dust and strong evidence of pollen on the windshields of cars in the parking lot kept us closed all night. The observers called it a night at 0430. No other 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------- ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------- 16:00 56 11 41 249 (WSW) 14218 clear dust 17:00 55 11 30 246 (WSW) 29125 clear dust 18:00 53 10 36 256 (WSW) 11956 clear dust 19:00 50 9 27 266 (W) 37093 clear dust 20:00 48 11 21 256 (WSW) 22531 clear dust 21:00 46 12 21 261 (W) 18469 clear dust 22:00 45 13 21 262 (W) 9767 clear dust 23:00 41 9 10 319 (NW) 7285 clear dust 00:00 38 4 7 351 (N) 5215 clear dust 01:00 35 -2 11 359 (N) 3803 clear dust 02:00 33 -3 11 17 (NNE) 3000 clear dust 03:00 32 -1 14 18 (NNE) 2695 clear dust 04:00 32 1 16 11 (N) 3013 clear dust 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