Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20080513 Date: Wed, 14 May 2008 05:40:04 -0600 (MDT) From: bketzeba@apo.nmsu.edu (Bill Ketzeback) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Tuesday, May 13, 2008 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- G.Stringfellow G.Stringfellow,J.Couglin SPIcam,DIS --:-- --:-- M.Gladders E.Wuyts Nicfps --:-- --:-- INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B --------------------------------------------------------------------- CU05/R 20:54 01:05 0 4.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UC01/R 01:05 05:05 2.1 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: B.Ketzeback Dust levels remained too high for us to open tonight. ------- 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 59 14 24 248 (WSW) 10505 clear dust 17:00 59 14 40 252 (WSW) 20265 clear dust 18:00 58 13 32 257 (WSW) 40281 clear dust 19:00 55 11 29 225 (SW) 23038 clear dust 20:00 52 7 16 263 (W) 23696 clear dust 21:00 49 5 14 269 (W) 16696 clear dust 22:00 49 5 9 283 (WNW) 14168 clear dust 23:00 47 7 11 293 (WNW) 8614 clear dust 00:00 46 11 9 275 (W) 8221 clear dust 01:00 45 13 9 266 (W) 7156 mstly clr dust 02:00 43 15 14 285 (WNW) 6509 mstly cldy dust 03:00 42 17 10 333 (NNW) 6349 mstly cldy dust 04:00 42 16 8 265 (W) 7139 mstly cldy dust 05:00 40 19 9 267 (W) 7995 mstly cldy 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