Date: Sat, 23 May 2009 04:44:03 -0600 (MDT) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20090522 From: "Jack Dembicky" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, May 22, 2009 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- G.Kacprzak C.Churchill DIS --:-- --:-- G.Wallerstein J.Hughes-Clark DIS --:-- --:-- INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B --------------------------------------------------------------------- NM05/R 21:02 01:05 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UW05/R 01:05 04:58 3.8 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument chanyes, some ge time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky Clouds all night long and rain for the first half. Took more Agile preclear data for both slow and fast readout rates and all 3 gain settings for all. ------------- 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------- 16:00 46 44 4 242 (WSW) 605 cloudy none 17:00 46 32 2 206 (SSW) 604 cloudy none 18:00 46 32 5 244 (WSW) 1031 cloudy none 19:00 45 32 8 215 (SW) 1085 cloudy rain 20:00 44 32 7 121 (ESE) 6027 cloudy rain 21:00 40 32 16 175 (S) 305 cloudy lt rain 22:00 41 32 6 289 (WNW) 400 cloudy lt rain 23:00 46 30 9 270 (W) 584 cloudy lt rain 00:00 44 32 8 311 (NW) 591 cloudy none 01:00 43 32 6 261 (W) 500 cloudy none 02:00 43 32 3 234 (SW) 342 cloudy none 03:00 43 32 1 216 (SW) 357 cloudy none 04:00 42 28 3 232 (SW) 396 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