Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 06:46:51 -0700 (MST) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20090113 From: "Jack Dembicky" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Tuesday, January 13, 2009 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- D.York D.York DIS 17:20 23:15 D.York D.York Echelle 23:15 00:10 J.Coughlin J.Coughlin DIS 00:10 06:55 INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B --------------------------------------------------------------------- UC06/R 18:16 21:10 0 0 0 0 2.3 2.6 0 0 0 UC01/R 23:10 00:10 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 DD04/R 00:10 06:09 0 0 0 0 0 6.0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky No problems tonight ------- FAILURE LOG ------- PROG INST FAILURE MODE TIME (STEDFNVOG) TI/SHU START FINISH DESCRIPTION ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------- FOCUS LOG --------------- Time Instrument Focus Az El Temp Strc Prim Sec Air filt FWHM ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:06 dis-slit 138( -238) -10 61 -0.4 0.4 -0.2 -0.3 -0.3 -- 1.24 18:24 NA2gdr 6613(28613) -19 60 -0.3 0.1 -0.3 -0.7 -0.3 clear 1.45 19:59 dis-slit 14( -365) -45 56 0.8 0.3 0.6 -0.1 0.6 -- 1.18 23:31 ECHELLE -138(-1281) 153 81 -0.2 -0.8 -0.4 -1.0 -0.2 ND2 1.06 00:24 dis-slit -8( -437) -10 76 -0.2 -0.5 -0.2 -0.6 -0.2 -- 1.00 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------- 16:00 31 12 9 11 (N) 319 clear none 17:00 32 7 12 24 (NNE) 224 clear none 18:00 31 11 13 5 (N) 161 clear none 19:00 33 8 5 1 (N) 238 clear none 20:00 34 11 17 340 (NNW) 284 clear none 21:00 32 11 20 7 (N) 376 clear none 22:00 31 9 14 7 (N) 337 clear none 23:00 30 11 26 20 (NNE) 319 clear none 00:00 32 7 24 27 (NNE) 226 clear none 01:00 31 6 30 23 (NNE) 280 clear none 02:00 33 2 26 29 (NNE) 173 clear none 03:00 36 1 17 34 (NE) 122 clear none 04:00 34 1 16 76 (ENE) 105 clear none 05:00 34 2 18 51 (NE) 116 clear none 06:00 33 3 19 57 (ENE) 111 clear 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: 2.10.0 Current TUI version: TUI 1.5.1