Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2003 06:25:14 -0600 (MDT) From: John Barentine Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20030917 Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday, September 17, 2003 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- D.York J.Barentine DIS-high 20:00 03:00 Echelle 03:07 05:55 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOTUSED I/RO/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- UC02/O 20:01 05:55 0 0 0 0 3.3 6.7 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- 1st Half Observing Specialist: J.Barentine Opened just before 20:00 under clear skies and light winds. The half was utterly quiet with seeing steady around 1 arcsecond. 2nd Half Observing Specialists: J.Dembicky, J.Barentine Continued clear and quiet. ------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:14 DISslit 125(1269) 84 53 15.5/17.9 238 18 - 1.12 03:22 Echelle 43(345) 165 30 12.2/13.2 345 1 clear 1.71 -------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 71 32 6 263 (W) 383 MstlyClr none 17:00 69 31 16 217 (SW) 325 MstlyClr none 18:00 66 29 19 260 (W) 393 MstlyClr none 19:00 63 27 19 246 (WSW) 584 Clear none 20:00 61 24 12 263 (W) 580 Clear none 21:00 60 25 9 263 (W) 386 Clear none 22:00 59 27 17 247 (WSW) 428 Clear none 23:00 58 28 16 266 (W) 441 Clear none 00:00 57 28 14 270 (W) 328 Clear none 01:00 56 28 12 297 (WNW) 318 Clear none 02:00 56 25 13 298 (WNW) 231 Clear none 03:00 56 22 9 321 (NW) 185 Clear none 04:00 54 20 4 9 (N) 271 Clear none 05:00 55 20 10 355 (N) 246 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? what guider? Current TCC version: 2.7.1 Current TUI version: TTUI