Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2008 10:07:34 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20080628 From: "Gabrelle Saurage" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, June 28, 2008 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- D.York D.York DIS --:-- --:-- M.Huber M.Huber DIS --:-- --:-- INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B --------------------------------------------------------------------- UC04/R 21:19 01:05 3.8 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 JH05/O 01:05 04:55 2.0 1.9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialists: G.Saurage Rain, thunderstorms, high humidity, high winds and even a little dust for the first half of the night. Things settled some during second half to just high humidity and precipitation. Otero county continued to be busy with radar activity all night. ------- 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 66 41 6 12 (NNE) 858 cloudy lt rain 17:00 68 42 9 64 (ENE) 839 cloudy none 18:00 65 44 9 39 (NE) 849 cloudy none 19:00 62 44 19 81 (E) 928 cloudy none 20:00 59 47 16 74 (ENE) 2000 cloudy none 21:00 57 47 21 63 (ENE) 1831 cloudy rain 22:00 52 48 27 67 (ENE) 2130 cloudy rain 23:00 49 49 28 72 (ENE) 1563 cloudy humid 00:00 48 49 34 71 (ENE) 493 cloudy humid 01:00 48 48 29 84 (E) 190 cloudy humid 02:00 46 47 25 79 (E) 182 cloudy humid 03:00 46 45 29 70 (ENE) 196 cloudy humid 04:00 51 43 11 77 (ENE) 359 cloudy humid 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