Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2003 07:13:21 -0700 (MST) From: Jack Dembicky Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20031213 Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, December 13, 2003 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- M.Strauss M.Strauss, J.Hennawi SPIcam 17:33 20:20 DIS 20:20 07:12 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/RO/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B --------------------------------------------------------------------- PU06/R 17:56 05:59 0 0 0 0 3.5 8.6 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky Things ran smoothly tonight except for some minor annoyances with the NA2 guider not having enough signal to noise for it to pick a guide star correctly. Increasing the exposure improved things. ------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 17:50 SPIcam 190(1059) 98 74 -0.5/-1.1 297 11 z' 0.67 17:57 NA2gdr 2645(51645) 99 76 -0.3/-1.2 11 20 R 0.84 19:07 SPIcam 100(1003) -54 80 -0.1/-0.3 332 11 z' 1.07 19:15 NA2gdr 1959(50956) -58 78 0/-0.4 360 10 R 0.83 20:42 DISslit 0(728) 96 72 -0.6/-0.9 306 7 none 1.39 -------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:01 32 11 12 14 (NNE) 38 Clear none 17:01 32 11 7 336 (NNW) 34 Clear none 18:01 31 12 21 0 (N) 47 Clear none 19:01 33 13 14 337 (NNW) 47 Mst. Clr none 20:01 31 12 4 335 (NNW) 47 Pt. Cldy none 21:01 31 14 9 358 (N) 45 Pt. Cldy none 22:01 31 13 11 327 (NNW) 53 Pt. Cldy none 23:01 32 15 12 10 (N) 30 Pt. Cldy none 00:01 32 16 16 352 (N) 29 Pt. Cldy none 01:01 32 16 13 358 (N) 57 Pt. Cldy none 02:01 35 14 9 348 (NNW) 2 Pt. Cldy none 03:01 35 14 12 325 (NW) 1 Pt. Cldy none 04:01 35 15 5 335 (NNW) 1 Pt. Cldy none 05:01 35 14 7 352 (N) 1 Pt. Cldy none 06:01 36 14 12 326 (NW) 1 Pt. Cldy none 07:01 36 15 15 322 (NW) 2 Pt. 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 Remark version: 2.85b Current guide software version: guider v4.1b4 Current TCC version: 2.7.2 Current TUI version: TUI-0.77