Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 06:26:16 -0600 (MDT) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20090421 From: "Jack Dembicky" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Tuesday, April 21, 2009 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- A.Kowalski A.Kowalski DIS 17:30 01:00 M.Huber M.Huber DIS 01:05 06:25 INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B --------------------------------------------------------------------- UW03/R 20:34 01:05 0 0 0 0 4.5 0 0 0 0 JH06/R 01:05 05:29 0 0 0 0 3.5 0.9 0 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:14 dis-slit -152( 174) 127 70 11.0 14.8 13.3 13.3 11.6 -- 1.27 01:07 dis-slit 119( 256) -56 66 11.2 10.9 11.4 10.1 11.0 -- 0.92 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------- 16:00 62 16 9 300 (WNW) 421 clear none 17:00 59 14 13 269 (W) 430 clear none 18:00 60 14 1 273 (W) 407 clear none 19:00 59 14 5 210 (SSW) 371 clear none 20:00 52 8 8 263 (W) 445 clear none 21:00 53 10 9 215 (SW) 453 clear none 22:00 53 10 14 209 (SSW) 580 clear none 23:00 53 9 11 198 (SSW) 527 clear none 00:00 53 9 11 190 (S) 489 clear none 01:00 52 8 8 226 (SW) 429 clear none 02:00 54 9 7 217 (SW) 379 clear none 03:00 53 8 5 195 (SSW) 403 clear none 04:00 52 8 7 203 (SSW) 462 clear none 05:00 52 7 12 241 (WSW) 532 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