Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 05:21:00 -0600 (MDT) From: Jack Dembicky Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20080508 Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Thursday, May 08, 2008 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- P.Szkody A.Mukadam AGILE 21:00 01:03 E.Hilton E.Hilton AGILE 01:09 05:00 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 20:50 01:05 0 0.2 0 0 1.0 3.0 0 0 0 NM08/R 01:05 05:09 0.2 0 0 0 3.9 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialists: J. Dembicky AZ velocity scale measured 586.0, File 582.0, Changed to -- (18:40) AZ velocity scale measured 586.0, File 582.0, Changed to 584.0 (21:07) No problems tonight other than weather. Please CO2 clean the mirror during the daytime. ------- 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 21:14 AGILE 50(-44) 55 66 10.5 12.5 11.9 11.6 10.8 BG40 1.26 21:23 NA2gdr -1013(11000) 51 68 10.4 12.3 11.8 11.2 10.8 clear 0.99 01:16 AGILE -175(-394) 32 43 9.7 9.4 9.8 8.8 9.2 B 1.47 01:25 NA2gdr -6351(11000) 29 44 9.6 9.3 9.8 8.8 9.3 R 1.19 04:06 AGILE 15(-248) 32 59 8.9 8.8 9.7 8.4 8.8 B 0.9 04:14 NA2gdr -3450(11000) 28 60 8.8 8.8 9.6 8.4 8.8 R 0.9 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:00 58 12 30 264 (W) 3637 pt. cldy dust 19:00 56 11 20 290 (WNW) 5311 pt. cldy dust 20:00 53 8 22 274 (W) 6913 mst. cldy dust 21:00 51 8 18 268 (W) 3670 mst. cldy dust 22:00 51 9 10 265 (W) 3162 mst. cldy dust 23:00 51 11 12 273 (W) 2793 mst. cldy none 00:00 50 11 15 305 (NW) 2965 mst. cldy none 01:00 49 9 12 304 (NW) 4457 mst. cldy dust 02:00 49 7 19 310 (NW) 4361 mst. cldy dust 03:00 48 8 16 296 (WNW) 4400 mst. cldy dust 04:00 48 8 18 288 (WNW) 5074 mst. cldy dust 05:00 48 9 14 291 (WNW) 4588 mst. 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