Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 07:15:02 -0600 (MDT) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20090318 From: "Jack Dembicky" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday, March 18, 2009 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- H.Chen J.Helsby DIS 19:30 01:05 J.Wallerstien J.Hughes SPIcam 01:05 06:00 T.Murphy R.McMillan APOLLO 06:00 06:15 INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B --------------------------------------------------------------------- UC02/R 20:07 01:10 0 0 0 0 5.1 0 0 0 0 UW11/R 01:10 06:00 0 0 0 0 1.7 3.1 0 0 0 UW17/R 06:00 06:15 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 0.7 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky No problems tonight. ------------- ACTIVITY 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:37 DISslit -37() -23 72 9.7 11.9 10.6 10.2 9.9 -- 0.83 19:41 NA2gdr 311(22000) -25 72 9.8 11.8 10.6 10.2 9.9 clear 0.86 01:25 SPIcam -175(188) -50 44 9.4 8.5 8.6 7.0 8.2 R 0.84 01:28 NA2gdr -416(30000) -51 44 9.4 8.5 8.6 7.0 8.3 clear 1.1 06:12 APOLLO -175(875) 29 25 7.0 7.7 8.1 6.8 7.6 -- 1.2 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------- 16:00 56 12 15 270 (W) 1 cldy none 17:00 53 7 16 297 (WNW) 0 cldy none 18:00 52 9 7 254 (WSW) 1 mst. cldy none 19:00 49 6 8 320 (NW) 0 pt. cldy none 20:00 50 6 6 266 (W) 0 pt. cldy none 21:00 49 6 6 260 (W) 0 pt. cldy none 22:00 50 6 8 238 (WSW) 3 pt. cldy none 23:00 49 6 6 262 (W) 1 pt. cldy none 00:00 49 5 5 266 (W) 0 pt. cldy none 01:00 48 3 1 200 (SSW) 0 pt. cldy none 02:00 47 3 6 272 (W) 8 mst. clr none 03:00 49 3 6 255 (WSW) 1 clear none 04:00 48 3 4 258 (WSW) 0 clear none 05:00 48 4 2 250 (WSW) 0 clear none 06:00 48 4 5 264 (W) 0 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