Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20090722 Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2009 12:24:30 +0000 (UTC) From: bketzeba@apo.nmsu.edu Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday, July 22, 2009 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------ K.France B.Keeney DIS --:-- --:-- E.Hilton E.Hilton Agile --:-- --:-- INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CU03/R 21:09 01:05 3.9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UW06/R 01:05 05:10 4.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: B.Ketzeback Light rain in the afternoon. Heavy cloud cover for most of the night. Dew point depression (humidity) prevented us from opening at all tonight. ------- 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 60 53 2 286 (WNW) 938 cloudy lt rain 17:00 59 53 5 278 (W) 901 cloudy lt rain 18:00 57 53 3 46 (NE) 495 cloudy humid 19:00 55 53 10 63 (ENE) 547 cloudy humid 20:00 54 52 11 76 (ENE) 548 cloudy humid 21:00 53 52 13 64 (ENE) 560 ptly cldy humid 22:00 53 52 11 80 (E) 659 clear humid 23:00 53 52 13 58 (ENE) 681 mstly clr humid 00:00 53 52 10 47 (NE) 729 mstly clr humid 01:00 55 52 5 353 (N) 771 cloudy humid 02:00 55 51 7 335 (NNW) 728 cloudy humid 03:00 55 52 1 331 (NNW) 701 cloudy humid 04:00 54 52 7 313 (NW) 665 cloudy humid 05:00 53 52 6 344 (NNW) 700 ptly cldy humid 06:00 53 52 2 353 (N) 681 ptly cldy 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