Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2003 07:41:01 -0600 (MDT) From: Jack Dembicky Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20031023 Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Thursday, October 23, 2003 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- J.Stocke E.Ellingson, B.Keeney DIS 18:50 01:03 M.Hicks S.Fawcett D.Golimowski D.Golimowski DIS 01:03 07:30 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/RO/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B --------------------------------------------------------------------- CU02/R 19:15 01:00 0 0 0 0 5.8 0 0 0 0 JH03/R 01:00 06:20 0 0 0 0 5.1 0.2 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky Everything ran smoothly with no problems tonight. I had to change gratings (Blue/Red Low) at the start of the 2nd half which took me a few mins to do and get calibrated (they actually calibrated exactly where they should on the first try!) ------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:05 DISslit 50(1168) 90 32 12.4/15.3 354 9 none 0.95 19:10 NA2gdr 3090(47090) 91 33 12.5/15.2 5 8 R 1.00 01:31 DISslit 90(943) 253 51 11.5/10.9 309 8 none 0.98 01:35 NA2gdr -1224(42775) 254 50 11.4/10.9 322 8 R 0.82 -------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:01 60 21 7 291 (WNW) 456 Clear none 17:01 60 20 11 292 (WNW) 517 Clear none 18:01 57 20 4 273 (W) 504 Clear none 19:01 54 20 7 2 (N) 599 Clear none 20:01 54 19 10 301 (WNW) 508 Clear none 21:01 52 20 4 265 (W) 654 Clear none 22:01 53 20 0 196 (SSW) 686 Clear none 23:01 54 20 1 249 (WSW) 761 Clear none 00:01 54 20 2 259 (W) 702 Clear none 01:01 52 20 6 283 (WNW) 591 Clear none 02:01 53 19 7 325 (NW) 516 Clear none 03:01 53 18 12 322 (NW) 541 Clear none 04:01 53 17 7 352 (N) 554 Clear none 05:01 53 15 8 356 (N) 475 Clear none 06:01 54 16 5 344 (NNW) 455 Clear none 07:01 54 17 1 351 (N) 512 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