Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20080930 Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2008 13:02:00 +0000 (UTC) From: bketzeba@apo.nmsu.edu Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Tuesday, September 30, 2008 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- A.Kowalski A.Kowalski DIS 18:30 07:00 INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B --------------------------------------------------------------------- UW03/R 19:42 06:05 0 0 0 0 10.4 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: B.Ketzeback Az Vel Scale was 585.0 measured 577.4, 581.5; 579.4 changed to 580.0 Mostly clear skies with some cirrus the first half of the night. Seeing was moderate to good all night. No problems. ------- 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:50 dis-slit -197( 59) 93 59 10.0 13.3 12.0 12.2 10.6 -- 1.03 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------- 16:00 57 30 13 186 (S) 857 clear none 17:00 58 30 15 219 (SW) 885 clear none 18:00 57 30 6 206 (SSW) 928 clear none 19:00 51 29 13 146 (SE) 1179 ptly cldy none 20:00 50 29 10 141 (SE) 1207 ptly cldy none 21:00 50 30 10 168 (SSE) 1318 ptly cldy none 22:00 49 32 10 174 (S) 1313 ptly cldy none 23:00 49 32 8 178 (S) 1322 clear none 00:00 48 32 11 160 (SSE) 1276 clear none 01:00 48 30 9 146 (SE) 1439 clear none 02:00 48 30 4 165 (SSE) 1235 clear none 03:00 48 30 1 185 (S) 1175 clear none 04:00 49 30 1 176 (S) 1263 clear none 05:00 48 29 5 345 (NNW) 1073 clear none 06:00 47 29 6 350 (N) 1171 clear none TELESCOPE STATUS Telescope drives operational. Current TCC version: 2.9.1 Current TUI version: TUI 1.5.1