Date: Sun, 8 Jun 2008 11:37:16 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20080607 From: "Gabrelle Saurage" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, June 7th, 2008 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- J.Hughes J.Hughes SPICAM 20:10 05:40 INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B --------------------------------------------------------------------- UW04/R 21:13 04:52 0 0 0 0 4.8 2.9 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialists: G.Saurage Az Velo Scales: 579.5, 577.1; 578.3 (changed to 578) Clear but hazy skies, moderate dust. Moderate to good seeing. No telescope problems except Echelle running a little warm, cooled down by morning. ------- 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 21:06 SPICAM 188(1045) 296 34 18.9 19.7 19.6 19.0 18.8 1.36 00:56 SPICAM -95( 645) -102 39 17.6 17.5 17.9 16.9 17.4 1.08 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------- 16:00 79 27 23 212 (SSW) 2341 clear none 17:00 75 25 25 232 (SW) 2830 clear none 18:00 72 26 17 273 (W) 2178 clear none 19:00 72 26 26 261 (W) 2032 clear none 20:00 68 28 18 266 (W) 2578 clear none 21:00 67 29 21 235 (SW) 2512 clear none 22:00 66 29 14 264 (W) 2290 clear none 23:00 65 29 17 259 (W) 2543 clear none 00:00 64 30 10 264 (W) 2857 clear none 01:00 63 28 10 264 (W) 2416 clear none 02:00 63 28 8 275 (W) 2575 clear none 03:00 61 29 10 261 (W) 2717 clear none 04:00 61 30 9 265 (W) 2672 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