Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2008 07:02:35 -0600 (MDT) Subject: 3,5m Night Log 20080924 From: "Jack Dembicky" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday, September 24, 2008 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- J.Holtzman P.Garnavich DIS 19:05 21:45 23:10 00:50 C.Churchill J.Evans, L.Klimek SPIcam 01:05 01:55 03:40 06:30 INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B --------------------------------------------------------------------- NM06/R 19:50 01:05 1.4 0 0 0 3.9 0 0 0 0 NM07/R 01:05 06:00 1.4 0 0 0 0.8 2.7 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky 10:44:32 rotator error, re-init the drives (axis stop/start) cleared error. It took a couple tries though. We closed a couple times tonight due to humidity. It was high/borderline all night but no clouds so I pushed the closure limits a little. DIS Blue ion pump was running a little high all night tonight. ------- 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 17:53 DISslit -177(114) 54 43 10.0 14.0 12.8 13.1 11.0 -- 2.0 17:59 NA2gdr 766(22000) 52 44 9.9 13.4 12.3 12.2 10.8 clear 1.6 23:13 DISslit 256(336) -25 55 9.4 9.6 11.3 8.9 9.1 -- 2.4 23:16 NA2gdr 1794(22000) -26 55 9.4 9.6 11.1 8.9 9.1 clear 2.4 01:10 SPIcam 395(688) 3 45 8.3 8.6 11.0 7.8 8.2 g' 2.4 01:14 NA2gdr -517 (30000) 1 45 8.2 8.5 10.9 7.8 8.2 clear 2.0 03:43 SPIcam 215(451) 33 64 7.9 7.9 10.2 7.5 7.8 i' 1.2 03:50 NA2gdr 2236(30000) 30 64 7.7 7.9 10.2 7.3 7.7 clear 1.2 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:00 55 40 19 75 (ENE) 310 clear none 19:00 52 43 16 87 (E) 1458 clear none 20:00 50 45 20 82 (E) 1634 clear humid 21:00 49 46 21 87 (E) 1320 clear humid 22:00 48 46 23 67 (ENE) 1578 clear humid 23:00 49 42 18 83 (E) 1348 clear humid 00:00 48 42 22 81 (E) 1384 clear humid 01:00 47 42 11 94 (E) 1347 clear humid 02:00 46 43 16 92 (E) 1462 clear humid 03:00 46 41 15 114 (ESE) 1364 clear humid 04:00 46 40 13 117 (ESE) 1392 clear humid 05:00 47 39 17 125 (SE) 1350 clear humid 06:00 46 41 13 118 (ESE) 1418 clear 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 1.5