Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20080623 Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2008 10:34:21 +0000 (UTC) From: bketzeba@apo.nmsu.edu Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Monday, June 23, 2008 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- J.Stocke T.Yan,Q.Hart NICFPS --:-- --:-- M.Gladders E.Wuyts NICFPS --:-- --:-- INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B --------------------------------------------------------------------- DD03/R 21:19 01:05 2.3 1.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UC01/R 01:05 04:53 0 3.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: B.Ketzeback Az Velocity Scales: 580.8, 584.6; 582.7 no change made Radar returns within the boundaries of Otero County all night. We had several brief rain showers second half. We never opened. ------- 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------- ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------- 16:00 75 36 9 244 (WSW) 1787 ptly cldy none 17:00 71 34 9 267 (W) 1785 ptly cldy none 18:00 68 32 13 268 (W) 1907 mstly cldy none 19:00 68 34 8 264 (W) 1864 ptly cldy none 20:00 64 34 8 259 (W) 1852 mstly cldy none 21:00 65 31 0 250 (WSW) 2437 mstly cldy none 22:00 64 30 1 140 (SE) 1907 cloudy none 23:00 64 32 8 262 (W) 1593 ptly cldy none 00:00 61 37 8 184 (S) 1531 cloudy none 01:00 60 39 7 127 (SE) 1503 cloudy lt rain 02:00 61 39 7 163 (SSE) 1678 cloudy none 03:00 59 39 12 62 (ENE) 1650 cloudy rain 04:00 58 40 8 242 (WSW) 2893 cloudy lt rain 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