Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 05:55:57 -0600 (MDT) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20090519 From: "Jack Dembicky" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Tuesday, May 19, 2009 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- J.Holtzman S.Courteau DIS --:-- --:-- W.Bhatti W.Bhatti, J.Rogers DIS 01:15 05:50 INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B --------------------------------------------------------------------- NM04/R 20:59 01:05 4.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 JH02/R 01:05 05:00 0.2 0 0 0 1.8 1.9 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky Clouds kept us closed the first half. We opened just a few mins after the scheduled start of 2nd half as the clouds moved out. 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 01:29 dis-slit 33( 171) 58 50 9.5 10.7 10.7 10.1 9.6 -- 2.10 01:31 NA2gdr 694(22694) 57 50 9.4 10.5 10.6 9.9 9.6 clear 1.60 04:24 dis-slit 96( 189) -24 63 10.1 10.0 10.3 9.8 10.0 -- 1.00 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------- 16:00 64 24 13 266 (W) 1855 mstly cldy none 17:00 60 25 8 111 (ESE) 1844 mstly cldy none 18:00 59 24 9 155 (SSE) 2022 mstly cldy none 19:00 58 31 12 167 (SSE) 2435 mstly cldy none 20:00 54 31 18 131 (SE) 2493 mstly cldy none 21:00 52 29 19 113 (ESE) 2422 mstly cldy none 22:00 50 28 15 114 (ESE) 2627 mstly cldy none 23:00 50 28 16 122 (ESE) 2732 mstly cldy none 00:00 51 27 17 143 (SE) 2851 mstly cldy none 01:00 51 28 15 161 (SSE) 2821 ptly cldy none 02:00 48 29 16 149 (SSE) 2983 ptly cldy none 03:00 51 32 8 185 (S) 2763 ptly cldy none 04:00 50 28 12 192 (SSW) 2920 ptly cldy none 05:00 50 26 10 181 (S) 2676 ptly cldy 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