Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 06:16:29 -0600 (MDT) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20080626 From: "William Ketzeback" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Thursday, June 26, 2008 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ---------------------------------------------------- Q.Hart Q.Hart DIS --:-- --:-- A.Soderberg A.Soderberg DIS --:-- --:-- INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B ----------------------------------------------------- CU01/R 21:19 01:05 3.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 PU02/R 01:05 04:54 0 3.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: B.Ketzeback Another night of clouds and lightning with minimal precip. Conditions never improved enough for us to open. I spent most of the night with training of a new observer. ------- 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 37 11 270 (W) 1679 ptly cldy none 17:00 72 35 7 272 (W) 1735 mstly cldy none 18:00 72 33 7 276 (W) 1497 mstly cldy none 19:00 71 35 10 223 (SW) 1851 cloudy none 20:00 67 35 7 225 (SW) 1781 cloudy none 21:00 67 35 9 185 (S) 1986 cloudy none 22:00 66 36 15 175 (S) 2128 cloudy lt rain 23:00 59 40 27 125 (SE) 1701 cloudy none 00:00 60 40 1 99 (E) 1154 cloudy none 01:00 58 40 12 111 (ESE) 1349 cloudy none 02:00 60 38 1 184 (S) 3794 cloudy none 03:00 59 41 5 289 (WNW) 2182 cloudy none 04:00 58 41 2 335 (NNW) 1885 cloudy none 05:00 55 41 6 197 (SSW) 13243 cloudy dust 06:00 54 41 8 290 (WNW) 5395 mstly 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