Date: Sat, 4 Apr 2009 12:39:55 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20090403 From: "Gabrelle Saurage" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, April 3, 2009 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- J.Coughlin T.Harrison DIS --:-- --:-- G.Stringfellow G.Sringfellow Spicam --:-- --:-- INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NM07/R 20:19 01:10 0 4.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UW02/R 01:10 05:53 2.1 2.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: G.Saurage AzVeloScale: 577.7, 576.1; 576.9 no change Very high winds with high dust at times all night. Clouds on and off, humidity rose at the end of the night. Never opened, but we were featured live on the 100 hours of Astronomy webcast. ------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 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