Date: Sun, 11 May 2008 10:46:57 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20080510 From: "Gabrelle Saurage" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, May 10th, 2008 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- M.Strauss M.Strauss,M.Shin DIS --:-- --:-- INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B --------------------------------------------------------------------- PU04/R 20:51 05:08 3.6 4.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialists: G.Saurage Az Velo Scales: 584.9, 583.4; 584.2 (no change) Thin cirrus and high dust counts all night. Dust levels were never low enough to open. ------- 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 61 13 12 275 (W) 7178 ptly cldy dust 17:00 61 14 19 270 (W) 7032 ptly cldy dust 18:00 59 12 14 282 (WNW) 6631 mstly clr dust 19:00 57 11 6 278 (W) 6792 mstly clr dust 20:00 53 8 5 255 (WSW) 6982 mstly clr dust 21:00 53 8 8 257 (WSW) 7401 mstly clr dust 22:00 52 7 9 190 (S) 7282 clear dust 23:00 50 6 3 163 (SSE) 7964 clear dust 00:00 51 5 8 195 (SSW) 8323 mstly clr dust 01:00 50 5 6 185 (S) 8393 mstly clr dust 02:00 43 15 12 77 (ENE) 6268 mstly clr dust 03:00 43 15 8 95 (E) 5491 mstly clr dust 04:00 50 6 6 170 (S) 7164 mstly clr 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