Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2003 06:48:25 -0700 (MST) From: Jack Dembicky Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20031103 Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Monday, November 3, 2003 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- C.Anderson C.Anderson Grim --:-- --:-- J.Bally J.Bally, J.Walawender DIS 04:30 06:10 J.Cross, R.Rieber, N.Smith, K.McMillon, M.Beckeyer, M.Wojtkowiak, F.Day, J.LaRocco, M.Route, B.VanderMinden, INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/RO/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B --------------------------------------------------------------------- NM04/R 18:06 00:00 0 5.9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 CU03/O 00:00 05:29 2.2 2.3 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky Clouds for most of the night. The skies finally started to clear around 03:40 and the Colorado group took a look at Saturn thru the eyepiece (while the clouds moved out). I mounted the instrument around 04:20 and did a quick focus and got them on the sky by around 04:40. ------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 04:31 DISSlit 150(581) 98 55 1.2/1.6 266 18 none 1.26 04:37 NA2gdr 758(44758) 99 57 1.0/1.5 259 14 R 1.22 -------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:01 47 31 24 272 (W) 2545 Cloudy none 17:01 44 25 21 268 (W) 3014 Cloudy none 18:01 42 18 25 259 (W) 2508 Mst. Cldy none 19:01 41 18 28 252 (WSW) 964 Mst. Cldy none 20:01 40 17 22 254 (WSW) 548 Cloudy none 21:01 40 18 21 265 (W) 299 Cloudy none 22:01 40 19 21 259 (W) 352 Cloudy none 23:01 38 21 11 272 (W) 684 Cloudy none 00:01 37 21 12 276 (W) 365 Cloudy none 01:01 36 20 14 269 (W) 213 Cloudy none 02:01 36 22 18 261 (W) 191 Cloudy none 03:01 35 22 16 274 (W) 145 Mst. Cldy none 04:01 34 20 10 282 (WNW) 154 Pt. Cldy none 05:01 34 11 12 256 (WSW) 148 Mst. Clr none 06:01 32 11 9 266 (W) 139 Mst. 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 Remark version: 2.85b Current guide software version: guider v4.1b4 Current TCC version: 2.7.1 Current TUI version: TUI-0.75