Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2009 05:24:06 -0600 Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20090601 From: Jeff Coughlin Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Monday, June 1, 2009 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- D.York E.Wuyts NICFPS 20:21 01:05 J.Khargharia J.Khargharia,C.Froning NICFPS 01:05 05:30 INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- UC08/R 21:09 01:05 0 0 0 0 0 3.9 0 0 0 CU08/R 01:05 04:53 0 0 0 0 2.4 1.4 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J. Coughlin Need empty dewars on rollers switched out for full ones not on rollers on observing level. Great weather all night - very clear. Seeing under 1" most of the night. No problems. ------- 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 20:28 NICFPS -25( 949) 84 69 12.8 15.8 14.5 14.1 13.6 Ks 0.70 01:23 NICFPS -60( 747) 18 56 12.6 12.2 12.6 11.7 12.2 Ks 0.80 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------- 16:00 60 22 19 263 (W) 832 clear none 17:00 61 20 21 278 (W) 934 clear none 18:00 62 21 13 253 (WSW) 887 clear none 19:00 61 21 18 285 (WNW) 909 clear none 20:00 56 19 11 244 (WSW) 1024 clear none 21:00 56 16 17 229 (SW) 975 clear none 22:00 56 15 12 263 (W) 936 clear none 23:00 56 14 11 263 (W) 916 clear none 00:00 55 14 13 273 (W) 969 clear none 01:00 55 16 16 282 (WNW) 976 clear none 02:00 54 17 9 273 (W) 1019 clear none 03:00 52 21 1 3 (N) 1277 clear none 04:00 54 21 6 12 (NNE) 1053 clear none 05:00 55 21 13 22 (NNE) 852 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