Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 06:08:09 -0600 (MDT) From: Jack Dembicky Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20080507 Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday, May 07, 2008 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- P.Szkody A.Mukadam AGILE 19:00 01:00 G.Kacprzak G.Kacprzak DIS 01:10 06:04 INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B --------------------------------------------------------------------- UW02/R 20:49 01:05 0 0 0 0 2.0 2.2 0 0 0 NM08/R 01:05 05:10 0 0 0 0 4.1 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialists: J. Dembicky AZ velocity scale measured 584.0, File 580.0, Changed to 582.0 I test ran the new autofocus script during 2nd half. (version 09, not 10 since that one had a permission error). Seemed to work fine and no big focus jumps, although focus didn't really change much 2nd half either. ------- 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:25 AGILE 175(74) 83 61 10.5 12.3 11.2 11.3 10.9 BG40 1.2 20:35 NA2gdr -2016(11000) 81 63 10.5 12.1 11.2 10.9 10.8 clear 0.98 01:18 DISslit 49(68) 272 54 8.6 8.3 8.7 7.9 8.4 -- 1.2 01:21 NA2gdr 409(22000) 271 53 8.7 8.3 8.7 7.9 8.5 clear 0.87 02:04 DISslit 45(52) 320 56 8.3 8.1 8.5 7.4 8.1 -- 1.06 02:06 NA2gdr 1459(22000) 319 55 8.2 8.0 8.5 7.5 8.1 clear 0.89 04:18 DISslit 37(-3) 241 66 7.4 7.3 7.7 6.6 7.0 -- 1.2 04:20 NA2gdr -254(22000) 241 66 7.4 7.3 7.7 6.6 7.0 clear 1.02 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------- 16:00 54 21 16 294 (WNW) 2714 clear none 17:00 58 21 16 271 (W) 2718 clear none 18:00 58 17 13 266 (W) 2471 clear none 19:00 57 18 11 271 (W) 2398 clear none 20:00 52 18 14 238 (WSW) 2515 clear none 21:00 51 18 11 216 (SW) 2481 clear none 22:00 49 24 7 245 (WSW) 2981 clear none 23:00 49 24 10 246 (WSW) 3021 clear none 00:00 48 22 13 232 (SW) 3006 clear none 01:00 48 20 10 249 (WSW) 2989 clear none 02:00 47 20 10 266 (W) 4092 clear none 03:00 46 20 6 264 (W) 3349 Lt. Cirrus none 04:00 46 20 16 238 (WSW) 3450 Lt. Cirrus none 05:00 45 18 15 265 (W) 4100 Mst. Clr. 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