Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 06:34:43 -0600 (MDT) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20090423 From: "Jack Dembicky" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Thursday, April 23, 2009 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- C.Badenes C.Badenes, S.Thompson DIS 06:50 01:05 F.Mullally S.Moran S.Moran DIS 01:05 06:14 INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B --------------------------------------------------------------------- PU05/O 20:36 22:33 0 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 PU01/O 22:33 01:05 0 0 0 0 2.5 0 0 0 0 JH03/R 01:05 05:26 0 0 0 0 4.3 0 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:05 dis-slit -9( 277) 94 44 10.4 13.5 12.1 12.4 11.1 -- 1.22 01:07 dis-slit 116( 173) 301 64 9.8 9.3 9.7 8.9 9.3 -- 1.03 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------- 16:00 64 17 15 219 (SW) 746 ptly cldy none 17:00 62 18 12 241 (WSW) 729 ptly cldy none 18:00 57 16 16 238 (WSW) 1109 ptly cldy none 19:00 54 15 10 232 (SW) 1041 ptly cldy none 20:00 51 14 13 248 (WSW) 929 ptly cldy none 21:00 51 13 10 265 (W) 858 ptly cldy none 22:00 50 12 13 236 (SW) 975 mstly clr none 23:00 50 9 10 265 (W) 805 mstly clr none 00:00 50 8 7 262 (W) 686 clear none 01:00 50 7 10 276 (W) 578 clear none 02:00 49 6 10 274 (W) 609 clear none 03:00 48 6 12 308 (NW) 635 clear none 04:00 48 6 5 357 (N) 622 clear none 05:00 47 8 10 351 (N) 587 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