Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 09:46:42 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20080720 From: "Gabrelle Saurage" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Sunday, July 20, 2008 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- M.Moe M.Moe TSPEC 23:00 00:00 J.Stocke J.Stocke TSPEC 00:00 03:10 INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B --------------------------------------------------------------------- CU02/R 21:11 01:05 0.5 3.0 0 0 0 0.4 0 0 0 CU06/O 01:05 05:09 0 4.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialists: G.Saurage Az Velo Scales: 572.6, 575.7; 574.2 (changed to 574) Opened for a long time tonight with nothing to show for it. First half got about 15 minutes of science, the rest of the night was a battle with clouds and new instrument confusion. ------- 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 23:23 TSPEC -184( 433) -10 61 13.2 14.5 14.4 14.0 13.3 1.12 01:20 TSPEC -126( 415) 170 61 12.7 13.0 13.3 12.6 12.6 1.60 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------- 16:00 67 40 12 200 (SSW) 1238 cloudy none 17:00 71 45 11 193 (SSW) 1243 cloudy none 18:00 65 45 10 237 (WSW) 1474 cloudy none 19:00 63 46 10 195 (SSW) 1562 cloudy none 20:00 59 47 12 149 (SSE) 1818 cloudy none 21:00 58 45 15 128 (SE) 1671 mstly clr none 22:00 56 48 17 113 (ESE) 2191 mstly clr none 23:00 56 47 15 119 (ESE) 2071 mstly clr none 00:00 56 47 18 135 (SE) 2029 mstly cldy none 01:00 55 48 20 138 (SE) 1737 mstly cldy none 02:00 55 49 16 170 (S) 1960 mstly cldy none 03:00 55 50 12 159 (SSE) 1844 cloudy 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 1.5