Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2008 11:35:31 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20080613 From: "Gabrelle Saurage" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, June 13th, 2008 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- C.Churchill J.Evans SPICAM 20:20 01:00 G.Stringfellow G.Stringfellow DIS 01:10 02:33 J.Hughes J.Hughes SPICAM 02:45 05:30 INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B --------------------------------------------------------------------- NM06/R 21:16 01:05 0 0 0 0 0 3.8 0 0 0 CU06/R 01:05 02:35 0 0 0 0 0 1.5 0 0 0 UW04/R 02:35 04:51 0 0 0 0 2.0 0.3 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialists: G.Saurage Az Velo Scales: 577.6, 575.1; 576.4 (change to 576) Good seeing at the beginning of the night became more variable towards midnight. DIS slitviewer streaks showed up again tonight (see PR 829). ------- 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 21:09 SPICAM -105(784) 111 60 18.9 21.1 20.0 18.2 18.7 0.83 01:17 dis-slit -8(412) 97 65 16.9 16.7 17.1 15.9 16.6 1.27 02:57 SPICAM -67(627) 290 27 16.7 16.1 16.6 15.1 16.1 1.20 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------- 16:00 76 18 13 280 (W) 1427 clear none 17:00 73 18 15 296 (WNW) 1206 clear none 18:00 72 15 7 285 (WNW) 944 clear none 19:00 70 14 13 317 (NW) 1026 clear none 20:00 67 12 0 187 (S) 1113 clear none 21:00 67 11 1 228 (SW) 1315 clear none 22:00 65 11 3 146 (SE) 1219 clear none 23:00 62 12 5 99 (E) 1352 clear none 00:00 62 17 13 136 (SE) 1458 clear none 01:00 63 20 15 133 (SE) 1708 clear none 02:00 63 20 11 146 (SE) 1590 clear none 03:00 62 21 6 133 (SE) 1678 clear none 04:00 62 20 12 132 (SE) 1786 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