Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 05:55:25 -0600 (MDT) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20090420 From: "Jack Dembicky" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Monday, April 20, 2009 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- R.Reyes R.Reyes DIS 18:55 01:03 H.Lin H.Lin, S.Allam, J.Kubo DIS 01:05 06:05 INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B --------------------------------------------------------------------- PU03/R 20:33 01:05 0 0 0 0 4.5 0 0 0 0 UC06/R 01:05 05:30 0 0 0 0 3.1 1.3 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky Everything went smoothly tonight. No problems. ------------- 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:02 dis-slit 207( 411) 124 67 9.3 12.3 10.4 11.0 9.7 -- 0.98 21:12 dis-slit 82( 189) 227 75 9.7 10.3 9.8 9.0 9.3 -- 0.80 01:03 dis-slit 67( 56) 243 53 8.7 7.7 8.1 6.6 7.8 -- 0.95 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------- 17:00 57 15 12 240 (WSW) 231 clear none 18:00 52 8 8 341 (NNW) 220 clear none 19:00 51 14 6 350 (N) 297 clear none 20:00 49 14 2 311 (NW) 273 clear none 21:00 49 9 5 287 (WNW) 225 clear none 22:00 49 13 4 193 (SSW) 288 clear none 23:00 48 12 7 191 (S) 530 clear none 00:00 48 7 7 198 (SSW) 474 clear none 01:00 48 9 7 219 (SW) 555 clear none 02:00 48 12 5 209 (SSW) 568 clear none 03:00 48 12 3 234 (SW) 424 clear none 04:00 47 11 6 267 (W) 421 clear none 05:00 48 11 3 268 (W) 361 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