Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20030208 Date: Sun, 9 Feb 2003 04:46:52 -0700 (MST) From: bketzeba@apo.nmsu.edu (Bill Ketzeback) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, February 8, 2003 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- J.Morse J.Morse Echelle --:-- --:-- P.Yoachim P.Yoachim, J.Dalcanton DISII.5 --:-- --:-- INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOTUSED I/RO/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- CU06/R 18:37 24:00 0 5.4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UW02/R 00:00 05:58 5.4 0.6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: W.Ketzeback Several inches of snow fell today. I remained closed all night and ran the snow program. Humidity also remained above the closure limit all night as well. ------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:01 14 257 (WSW) 299 cloudy snow 17:01 18 276 (W) 1106 cloudy snow 18:01 23 22 16 281 (W) 907 cloudy snow 19:01 23 22 13 262 (W) 1766 cloudy snow 20:01 23 22 16 276 (W) 3518 cloudy snow 21:01 23 22 17 285 (WNW) 1774 cloudy none 22:01 23 22 9 263 (W) 1182 cloudy none 23:01 23 22 16 283 (WNW) 5354 cloudy none 00:01 23 22 16 288 (WNW) 4761 cloudy none 01:01 23 22 11 287 (WNW) 5189 cloudy none 02:01 23 22 14 274 (W) 6198 cloudy none 03:01 23 22 9 268 (W) 534 cloudy none 04:01 19 17 11 286 (WNW) 141 cloudy 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 Primary, secondary, and tertiary mirrors in place and collimated. Primary support system operational. Mirror ventilation system in place. Telescope drives operational. Current Remark version: 2.82 Current guide software version: GIm Ctrlv4.1b2 Current TCC version: 2.6.8