Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2009 05:08:32 -0600 (MDT) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20090918 From: "Jack Dembicky" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday September 18, 2009 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- S.Hawley S.Hawley, UW Class Agile --:-- --:-- J.Helsby J.Helsby DIS --:-- --:-- INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B --------------------------------------------------------------------- UW01/O 19:58 01:05 5.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UC02/R 01:05 05:56 4.9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument chanyes, some ge time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky Gave a tour for the visiting UW astronomy class. Lots of rain in the afternoon left us with high humidity for the night. Cloudy all night as well. I gave up at 05:10 with humidity still over limit and cloudy skies. ------------- FAILURE 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 16:00 48 48 9 259 (W) 1372 cloudy rain 17:00 50 50 7 188 (S) 2026 cloudy humid 18:00 47 45 11 131 (SE) 1021 cloudy humid 19:00 47 44 8 172 (S) 897 mstly cldy humid 20:00 46 43 11 137 (SE) 1099 cloudy humid 21:00 46 44 15 135 (SE) 1513 cloudy humid 22:00 45 43 13 127 (SE) 1330 cloudy humid 23:00 46 43 8 171 (S) 1331 cloudy humid 00:00 46 43 10 187 (S) 1584 cloudy humid 01:00 46 43 6 192 (SSW) 1602 cloudy humid 02:00 45 44 8 171 (S) 1803 cloudy humid 03:00 46 43 11 179 (S) 1963 cloudy humid 04:00 46 43 8 184 (S) 1980 cloudy humid 05:00 45 43 1 243 (WSW) 1198 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 1.6