From: Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20090301 Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2009 13:28:06 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Sunday, March 1, 2009 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- V.Meadows V.Meadows, S.Schmidt TSPEC 18:10 20:00 M.Gladders M.Bayliss DIS 03:15 00:12 C.Churchill C.Churchill DIS 00:12 05:35 INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B --------------------------------------------------------------------- UW08/R 18:54 20:09 0 0 0 0 0.1 1.2 0 0 0 UC04/R 20:09 00:10 0 0 0 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 NM04/R 00:10 05:36 0 0 0 0 5.4 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialists: R.McMillan Thin clouds all night until just before dawn; moderate seeing. Everything worked like a dream, even mounting Triplespec. The Chicago observer struggled with clouds during acquisition but said the spectra came out quite useful. ------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:22 TSPEC 194( 498) 42 68 7.4 8.2 7.6 7.4 7.5 1.35 20:21 dis-slit -8( -56) 68 68 6.3 7.2 7.4 6.3 7.1 1.18 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------- 16:00 49 8 7 202 (SSW) 378 ptly cldy none 17:00 46 2 5 205 (SSW) 296 ptly cldy none 18:00 46 1 8 233 (SW) 180 ptly cldy none 19:00 46 0 6 199 (SSW) 158 ptly cldy none 20:00 46 1 7 258 (WSW) 187 ptly cldy none 21:00 45 0 4 264 (W) 222 ptly cldy none 22:00 45 0 6 280 (W) 285 ptly cldy none 23:00 45 0 7 319 (NW) 228 ptly cldy none 00:00 44 0 4 334 (NNW) 224 ptly cldy none 01:00 43 0 6 352 (N) 192 ptly cldy none 02:00 43 0 2 339 (NNW) 227 ptly cldy none 03:00 44 3 8 360 (N) 308 ptly cldy none 04:00 48 6 6 21 (NNE) 451 ptly cldy none 05:00 50 8 14 34 (NE) 553 ptly cldy none 06:00 51 8 9 23 (NNE) 438 mstly clr 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