Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2009 11:35:28 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20090306 From: "Gabrelle Saurage" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, March 6th, 2009 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- V.Meadows S.Schmidt TSPEC --:-- --:-- T.Murphy R.McMillan, T.Murphy APOLLO --:-- --:-- G.Whittle G.Whittle TSPEC --:-- --:-- 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 18:58 20:13 1.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DD01/O 20:13 00:10 3.9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UV04/R 00:10 05:30 1.4 3.9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialists: G.Saurage Thick clouds all night. Few drops here and there with high winds on and off. Never opened. ------- 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 48 22 26 249 (WSW) 216 cloudy none 17:00 46 23 33 228 (SW) 825 cloudy none 18:00 45 23 28 261 (W) 657 cloudy none 19:00 44 24 24 235 (SW) 417 cloudy none 20:00 43 24 13 264 (W) 625 cloudy none 21:00 41 22 24 267 (W) 671 cloudy none 22:00 39 24 18 267 (W) 620 cloudy none 23:00 39 25 19 267 (W) 473 cloudy none 00:00 38 24 24 240 (WSW) 623 cloudy none 01:00 37 24 25 261 (W) 839 cloudy none 02:00 37 25 19 245 (WSW) 505 cloudy none 03:00 37 25 25 236 (SW) 322 cloudy none 04:00 37 26 23 232 (SW) 282 cloudy 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.