Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 04:21:59 -0600 (MDT) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20090628 From: "Jack Dembicky" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Sunday, June 28, 2009 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- T.Murphy R.McMillan APOLLO --:-- --:-- D.York D.York DIS --:-- --:-- N.Chanover N.Chanover, A.McKay Echelle --:-- --:-- INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B --------------------------------------------------------------------- DD01/R 21:19 21:24 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UC05/R 22:24 01:05 0.6 3.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NM11/R 01:05 04:55 3.8 0 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 with intermittent rain and high humidity. We had a few brown outs/power drops at the start of the evening. We were on generator power for a portion of the first half as well. We gave up around 04:00. ------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 17:00 58 52 11 84 (E) 1135 cloudy lt rain 18:00 54 54 12 76 (ENE) 1075 cloudy lt rain 19:00 51 51 19 68 (ENE) 507 cloudy lt rain 20:00 52 50 16 61 (ENE) 653 cloudy rain 21:00 53 48 13 56 (NE) 309 cloudy lt rain 22:00 54 48 17 60 (ENE) 769 cloudy none 23:00 56 47 10 72 (ENE) 730 cloudy none 00:00 56 46 8 133 (SE) 595 cloudy none 01:00 53 47 10 83 (E) 508 cloudy none 02:00 55 46 8 129 (SE) 481 cloudy none 03:00 53 48 3 193 (SSW) 608 cloudy humid 04:00 52 49 2 218 (SW) 678 cloudy humid 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