Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20090105 Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2009 11:46:28 +0000 (UTC) From: bketzeba@apo.nmsu.edu Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Monday, January 5, 2009 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- M.Drosback R.Indebetouw,D.Whelan TSpec --:-- --:-- A.Verbiscer A.Verbiscer TSpec --:-- --:-- INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B ---------------------------------------------------------------------- UV05/R 18:09 00:10 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UV07/R 00:10 06:09 3.8 2.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: B.Ketzeback Clouds, humidity/fog and snow showers kept us closed tonight. Snow accumulation by 4:30 am was about 1 - 2 inches. ------- 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 23 21 20 271 (W) cloudy humid 17:00 23 22 23 263 (W) cloudy fog 18:00 22 22 26 266 (W) cloudy fog 19:00 22 21 18 266 (W) cloudy fog 20:00 22 20 21 266 (W) cloudy fog 21:00 22 20 27 267 (W) cloudy fog 22:00 23 21 21 265 (W) 621 cloudy fog 23:00 23 20 20 280 (W) 385 cloudy fog 00:00 23 19 23 290 (WNW) 849 cloudy lt snow 01:00 22 19 22 301 (WNW) 811 cloudy snow 02:00 21 18 15 276 (W) 173 cloudy lt snow 03:00 22 19 19 287 (WNW) 64 cloudy lt snow 04:00 22 18 19 297 (WNW) 52 cloudy lt snow 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 1.5.1