Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20030620 Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2003 05:49:30 -0600 (MDT) From: bketzeba@apo.nmsu.edu (Bill Ketzeback) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, June 20, 2003 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- P.Yoachim P.Yoachim DIS 20:00 21:15 21:30 00:45 G.DeSilva G.DeSilva Echelle 00:55 06:00 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOTUSED I/RO/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- UW02/R 21:18 01:00 0.4 0 0 0 3.3 0 0 0 0 DD01/O 01:00 04:52 0 0 0 0 0.3 3.6 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: W. Ketzeback With the exception of a dust event that prevented us from opening at the end of twilight for 15 minutes the night went 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 21:56 dis-slit -200(962) 181 58 16.1/17.8 250 15 - 1.0 22:10 NA2gdr -611(40388) 188 58 16.2/17.4 258 15 clear 1.4 01:01 Echelle 19(145) 172 78 13.8/14.4 272 18 clear 0.93 04:29 Echelle 10(127) 243 43 11.9/12.4 268 13 nd1 1.4 --------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:01 67 38 17 197 (SSW) 700 cirrus none 17:01 73 35 17 239 (WSW) 802 cirrus none 18:01 67 34 18 239 (WSW) 1023 cirrus none 19:01 67 34 19 205 (SSW) 1215 cirrus none 20:01 63 31 14 215 (SW) 1870 cirrus none 21:01 61 22 19 234 (SW) 3412 cirrus dust 22:01 61 20 16 258 (WSW) 1656 cirrus none 23:01 59 19 16 276 (W) 1261 clear none 00:01 58 17 15 275 (W) 789 clear none 01:01 57 18 18 276 (W) 661 clear none 02:01 55 21 19 277 (W) 898 clear none 03:01 56 23 18 274 (W) 1140 clear none 04:01 54 24 14 270 (W) 1228 clear none 05:01 53 27 13 266 (W) 1350 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 Primary, secondary, and tertiary mirrors in place and collimated. Primary support system operational. Mirror ventilation system in place. Telescope drives operational. Current Remark version: 2.85b Current guide software version: GIm Ctrlv4.1b4 Current TCC version: 2.7.0 Current TUI version: 0.66