From: Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20080912 Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2008 11:09:47 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, September 12, 2008 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- S.Schmidt S.Schmidt Tspec --:-- --:-- M.Skrutskie M.Skrutskie Tspec --:-- --:-- INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B --------------------------------------------------------------------- UW12/R 20:06 01:05 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UV03/R 01:05 05:52 0.9 3.9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: R.McMillan Another humid night, mostly clear first half with heavy clouds moving in second half. I worked on some preparations for next week's engineering. The Shack-Hartmann is still unusable, although we have made some progress. ------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 16:00 55 50 8 298 (WNW) 305 ptly cldy humid 17:00 56 51 6 335 (NNW) 341 ptly cldy humid 18:00 53 51 2 298 (WNW) 296 ptly cldy humid 19:00 53 51 4 318 (NW) 305 mstly clr humid 20:00 51 50 2 303 (WNW) 377 mstly clr humid 21:00 51 50 8 343 (NNW) 317 mstly clr humid 22:00 51 47 10 349 (N) 173 mstly clr humid 23:00 50 48 6 355 (N) 378 mstly clr humid 00:00 51 48 5 357 (N) 192 mstly clr humid 01:00 50 49 3 356 (N) 204 ptly cldy humid 02:00 50 50 4 349 (N) 486 mstly cldy humid 03:00 51 51 1 303 (WNW) 630 mstly cldy humid 04:00 50 50 1 257 (WSW) 424 mstly cldy humid 05:00 50 47 5 350 (N) 389 mstly cldy humid 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