From: Russet McMillan Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20031016 Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2003 06:44:20 -0600 (MDT) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Thursday, October 16, 2003 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- J.Krzesinski J.Krzesinski Echelle 18:00 01:01 G.De Silva G.De Silva Echelle 01:02 --:-- INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/RO/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B --------------------------------------------------------------------- NM08/R 19:23 01:00 0 0 0 0 3.3 2.3 0 0 0 DD01/R 01:00 06:15 0 0 0 0 0 5.3 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- First half Observing Specialist: B.Ketzeback Smooth sailing. Clear weather decent seeing. No problems. Second half Observing Specialist: R.McMillan Ditto. And did we mention excellent pointing? No applause necessary -- just send chocolate. ------- FAILURE LOG ------- PROG INST FAILURE MODE TIME (SEGDFVO) TI/SHU START FINISH DESCRIPTION ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------- FOCUS LOG --------------- Air/Truss Wind Time Instrument Focus Az El Temp-C Dir MPH filt FWHM --------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:55 Echelle 35(285) 115 40 12.1/13.1 312 7 nd2 1.48 01:06 Echelle 63(168) -14 77 12.1/12.0 47 20 ND2 1.23 04:15 Echelle -42(16) -69 54 9.2/9.8 75 16 ND1 1.37 -------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:01 55 25 9 297 (WNW) 405 clear none 17:01 56 26 16 321 (NW) 410 clear none 18:01 56 24 13 313 (NW) 454 clear none 19:01 54 25 8 323 (NW) 402 clear none 20:01 54 26 9 324 (NW) 399 clear none 21:01 54 27 12 7 (N) 381 clear none 22:01 55 27 12 357 (N) 387 clear none 23:01 55 27 3 23 (NNE) 430 clear none 00:01 55 25 16 26 (NNE) 369 clear none 01:01 54 21 18 25 (NNE) 420 clear none 02:01 52 19 16 53 (NE) 404 clear none 03:01 51 17 17 65 (ENE) 415 clear none 04:01 49 20 18 75 (ENE) 592 clear none 05:01 48 22 11 78 (ENE) 703 clear none 06:01 51 20 6 94 (E) 679 clear 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 Remark version: 2.85b Current guide software version: guider v4.1b4 Current TCC version: 2.7.1 Current TUI version: TUI-0.70