Date: Sat, 3 May 2008 11:51:37 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20080502 From: "Gabrelle Saurage" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, May 2nd, 2008 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- S.Anderson S.Anderson SPICAM 18:50 01:00 E.Hilton E.Hilton AGILE 01:09 05:50 INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B --------------------------------------------------------------------- UW08/R 20:44 01:05 0 0 0 0 4.6 0 0 0 0 UW05/R 01:05 05:16 0 0 0 0 3.5 0.7 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialists: G.Saurage Az Velo Scales: 584.2, 582.2; 583.2 (no change) Clear night. Dust hovered around limit on and off. No problems except poor highly variable seeing. ------- 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 19:41 SPICAM 87( 320) 84 60 6.2 7.7 7.1 6.5 6.4 1.68 19:47 SPICAM 72( 299) 83 61 6.3 7.6 7.1 6.4 6.4 1.45 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------- 16:00 49 4 5 294 (WNW) 2101 clear none 17:00 47 2 20 296 (WNW) 2402 clear none 18:00 48 4 14 275 (W) 2673 clear none 19:00 47 2 13 300 (WNW) 2465 clear none 20:00 44 0 7 358 (N) 1791 clear none 21:00 43 -1 9 36 (NE) 1731 clear none 22:00 43 0 1 148 (SSE) 1809 clear none 23:00 44 0 6 86 (E) 1766 clear none 00:00 43 0 5 187 (S) 1792 clear none 01:00 41 -1 6 175 (S) 1801 clear none 02:00 38 -6 18 79 (E) 2426 clear none 03:00 37 -5 5 93 (E) 2249 clear none 04:00 37 -5 11 177 (S) 2400 clear none 05:00 38 -4 12 178 (S) 2597 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