Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20080902 Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2008 11:24:51 +0000 (UTC) From: bketzeba@apo.nmsu.edu Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Tuesday, September 2, 2008 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- D.Bowen D.Bowen DIS --:-- --:-- G.Kacprzak G.Kacprzak DIS --:-- --:-- INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- PU02/R 20:21 01:05 4.2 0.6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NM04/R 01:05 05:45 4.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: B.Ketzeback High humidity and nearby storms kept us closed all night. ------- 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 15 68 (ENE) mstly cldy humid 17:00 58 48 12 67 (ENE) ptly cldy humid 18:00 58 49 6 61 (ENE) ptly cldy humid 19:00 53 50 13 85 (E) mstly cldy humid 20:00 51 49 22 75 (ENE) mstly cldy humid 21:00 50 47 18 73 (ENE) mstly cldy humid 22:00 48 47 21 71 (ENE) cloudy humid 23:00 48 48 25 75 (ENE) cloudy humid 00:00 47 48 11 82 (E) cloudy humid 01:00 48 48 7 83 (E) cloudy humid 02:00 47 48 15 73 (ENE) cloudy humid 03:00 46 47 12 78 (ENE) cloudy humid 04:00 46 46 13 77 (ENE) cloudy 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