Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2008 06:03:15 -0600 (MDT) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20080804 From: "Jack Dembicky" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Monday, August 4, 2008 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- O.Fraser K.Kinemuchi DIS 21:45 01:05 D.York J.Barentine DIS 01:05 01:50 03:50 05:55 INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B --------------------------------------------------------------------- UW19/R 20:57 01:05 0 0.8 0 0 3.1 0.2 0 0 0 UC04/R 01:05 05:22 2.0 0 0 0 2.3 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialists: J.Dembicky My browser locked up so I lost the first version of the night log with the initial focus information. No telescope or instrument problems tonight, just pesky clouds. We ran the autofocus script all night and it kept things nicely in focus for us. ------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 01:08 DISslit -81(284) -10 70 15.2 15.67 15.9 15.2 15.3 -- 0.93 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:00 60 51 10 113 (ESE) 715 cldy none 19:00 60 50 13 114 (ESE) 742 cldy none 20:00 61 50 16 130 (SE) 1221 cldy none 21:00 62 47 14 135 (SE) 1724 pt. cldy none 22:00 61 46 14 147 (SSE) 1631 mst. cldy none 23:00 62 45 14 158 (SSE) 1575 mst. cldy none 00:00 61 39 13 134 (SE) 1362 mst. cldy none 01:00 60 42 14 135 (SE) 1451 pt. cldy none 02:00 59 44 14 125 (SE) 2042 cldy none 03:00 60 43 17 127 (SE) 2377 cldy none 04:00 59 42 17 129 (SE) 2213 mst. clr none 05:00 59 43 17 133 (SE) 2340 pt. cldy none 06:00 58 43 16 126 (SE) 2711 pt. cldy 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