From: Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20080701 Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2008 10:44:43 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Tuesday, July 1, 2008 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------ P.Conroy J.Greene SPIcam 22:25 00:25 INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- PU01/R 21:19 04:56 5.6 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialists: R.McMillan Heavy rain with hail in the afternoon, sprinkles and nearby lightning in the evening and again in the morning, high humidity part of the rest of the time. In between storms, we opened for a little while to partly cloudy skies and poor seeing (though it did improve somewhat as the telescope cooled). ------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 22:38 SPICAM 179( 807) -78 62 12.7 15.8 14.6 14.9 13.4 r 1.95 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------- 16:00 55 47 9 182 (S) 1427 cloudy rain 17:00 59 45 7 119 (ESE) 1697 cloudy lt rain 18:00 62 49 5 111 (ESE) 1507 ptly cldy none 19:00 61 48 6 184 (S) 1996 ptly cldy none 20:00 58 50 10 80 (E) 2023 mstly cldy lt rain 21:00 56 41 18 52 (NE) 952 mstly cldy none 22:00 59 41 8 125 (SE) 1085 ptly cldy none 23:00 54 50 6 99 (E) 3759 ptly cldy none 00:00 55 50 2 181 (S) 3956 ptly cldy none 01:00 56 47 6 350 (N) 2570 mstly cldy none 02:00 53 48 18 25 (NNE) 2241 mstly cldy lt rain 03:00 53 51 7 23 (NNE) 3634 ptly cldy humid 04:00 50 50 7 135 (SE) 3600 ptly cldy 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