Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 02:26:00 -0600 (MDT) From: Jack Dembicky Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20080618 Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday, June 18, 2008 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- M.Klaene J.Dembicky, R.McMillan FastCam 01:05 02:05 INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B --------------------------------------------------------------------- EN01/O 21:17 04:51 0 6.6 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialists: J. Dembicky We had a Tunderhead form to our W/NW at sunset and moved over top of us during the first half. We used some of the time to do some closed dome test of the Az reversal and magna-sensor errors. Clouds for most of the night. We did get onsky for about 1 hr. Just enough time to focus Fastcam but we didn't get to aligning it before the clouds came back. We also had a broken fiber that shut us down at the end. ------- 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:00 75 34 17 224 (SW) 2705 Pt. Cldy none 19:00 76 34 11 241 (WSW) 2705 Pt. cldy none 20:00 70 34 12 198 (SSW) 2771 mst. cldy none 21:00 69 36 13 178 (S) 4036 cldy none 22:00 69 36 19 195 (SSW) 4943 cldy none 23:00 63 41 17 128 (SE) 3397 cldy none 00:00 63 41 11 142 (SE) 3130 cldy none 01:00 62 40 14 141 (SE) 2606 pt. cldy none 02:00 64 35 12 176 (S) 2451 cldy 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