Date: Sat, 2 May 2009 10:34:07 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20090501 From: "Gabrelle Saurage" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, May 1st, 2009 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- S.Hawley G.Saurage TSPEC, Echelle --:-- --:-- G.Wallerstein G.Wallerstein Echelle --:-- --:-- W.Bhatti W.Bhatti,J.Rogers DIS --:-- --:-- INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B ---------------------------------------------------------------------- UW12/O 19:54 20:54 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UW10/R 20:54 01:05 0 4.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 JH02.D/R 01:05 05:17 2.9 1.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: G.Saurage AzVeloScale: 577.3, 575.5; 576.4 (changed to 576) APO web server was down during afternoon checkout. Power-cycled server. Opaque skies all night. Threat of rain but only a few drops fell. 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 63 19 17 245 (WSW) 1111 cloudy none 17:00 64 19 17 268 (W) 1138 cloudy none 18:00 60 17 10 260 (W) 1336 cloudy none 19:00 59 15 9 257 (WSW) 1428 cloudy none 20:00 57 13 9 266 (W) 1299 cloudy none 21:00 56 12 7 265 (W) 1409 cloudy none 22:00 57 12 11 274 (W) 1472 cloudy none 23:00 56 10 14 268 (W) 1476 cloudy none 00:00 55 10 16 266 (W) 1493 cloudy none 01:00 55 9 16 276 (W) 1468 cloudy none 02:00 54 9 15 265 (W) 1571 cloudy none 03:00 54 9 15 260 (W) 1592 cloudy none 04:00 53 9 27 310 (NW) 1505 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