Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 03:14:37 -0600 (MDT) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20080714 From: "Jack Dembicky" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Sunday, July 13, 2008 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- M.Klaene J.Dembicky -- 21:14 05:04 INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- EN01/O 21:14 05:04 0 0 0 0 1.5 6.3 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J. Dembicky Closed tonight due to engineering (top end removed). I monitored the warming echelle CCD temps tonight per Marks request as well as doing a manual fill at 02:30 (per Mark). Russet also adjusted the temperature set point to have it warm juat above 0C at 01:30. Temperatures seemed to have stabalized at around 1C. ------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:00 60 49 8 228 (SW) 417 pt. cldy none 21:00 57 50 5 205 (SSW) 464 pt. cldy none 22:00 58 49 6 190 (S) 525 pt. cldy none 23:00 57 50 8 215 (SW) 530 mst. cldy none 00:00 57 50 10 233 (SW) 478 cldy none 01:00 56 50 11 201 (SSW) 463 cldy none 02:00 54 53 3 203 (SSW) 717 cldy humid 03:00 54 53 7 241 (WSW) 677 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