Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2009 12:05:19 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20090727 From: "Gabrelle Saurage" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Monday, July 27, 2009 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------ T.Murphy R.McMillan Apollo --:-- --:-- X.Liu X.Liu, Y.Shen DIS --:-- --:-- M.Huber M.Huber DIS 02:10 06:05 INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B ---------------------------------------------------------------------- DD01/O 20:14 21:14 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 PU02/R 21:14 01:05 1.5 2.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 JH06/R 01:05 05:15 1.0 0 0 0 3.2 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: G.Saurage Thunderstorms first half. Slowly clearing after midnight. Moderate seeing. The shutter issue with DIS seems to be fixed. 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 02:23 dis-slit 210( 668) 36 46 16.6 17.1 17.0 16.5 16.7 1.37 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------- 16:00 73 46 3 30 (NNE) 558 cloudy none 17:00 73 44 12 305 (NW) 531 cloudy none 18:00 71 45 5 342 (NNW) 555 cloudy none 19:00 66 53 4 83 (E) 1177 cloudy none 20:00 67 47 3 262 (W) 644 cloudy none 21:00 65 50 4 271 (W) 893 cloudy none 22:00 65 49 3 260 (W) 1067 ptly cldy none 23:00 63 51 1 185 (S) 1134 ptly cldy none 00:00 59 53 10 83 (E) 1590 ptly cldy none 01:00 61 51 1 107 (ESE) 1513 ptly cldy none 02:00 63 50 6 276 (W) 1213 ptly cldy none 03:00 62 50 6 292 (WNW) 1315 ptly cldy none 04:00 62 50 6 263 (W) 1461 mstly clr none 05:00 62 50 3 255 (WSW) 1448 mstly clr 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 1.6