Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2009 06:27:59 -0600 Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20090802 From: Jeff Coughlin Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Sunday, August 2, 2009 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- M.Drosback M.Drosback Tspec 19:00 01:05 S.Schmidt S.Schmidt Tspec 01:05 06:10 INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- UV04/R 21:00 01:05 0 0 0 0 0 4.1 0 0 0 UW12/R 01:05 05:20 0 0 0 0 1.2 3.0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Coughlin Had pretty clear skies all night with okay seeing. 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 20:20 TSPEC 475( 1347) 36 30 15.7 18.7 16.6 17.4 17.5 1.30 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------- 16:00 67 50 6 194 (SSW) 1446 ptly cldy none 17:00 64 38 17 111 (ESE) 857 mstly clr none 18:00 70 44 3 239 (WSW) 1156 mstly clr none 19:00 65 43 6 84 (E) 1164 mstly clr none 20:00 61 42 11 68 (ENE) 1130 clear none 21:00 60 44 9 77 (ENE) 1309 clear none 22:00 59 47 8 108 (ESE) 1549 clear none 23:00 61 42 6 333 (NNW) 1161 clear none 00:00 61 42 6 342 (NNW) 1158 mstly clr none 01:00 60 42 6 349 (N) 1161 clear none 02:00 58 45 6 352 (N) 1540 mstly clr none 03:00 59 44 4 354 (N) 1296 mstly clr none 04:00 60 44 5 15 (NNE) 1338 mstly clr none 05:00 59 46 11 23 (NNE) 1544 ptly cldy none 06:00 59 44 3 31 (NNE) 1397 ptly cldy 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