Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20030927 Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2003 06:42:21 -0600 (MDT) From: bketzeba@apo.nmsu.edu (Bill Ketzeback) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, September 27, 2003 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- A.West A.West DIS-high 19:15 06:10 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOTUSED I/RO/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- UW02/R 19:47 06:02 0 0 0 0 9.9 0.4 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: W.Ketzeback Clear weather and no problems. Seeing was poor at the beginning of the night but settled down a hour or so after twilight ended. ------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:15 dis-slit 15(1236) 111 30 13.1/17.0 97 5 - 2.05 20:41 NA2gdr 2152(43152) 116 37 13.0/15.9 92 3 clear 2.21 00:17 dis-slit 120(1139) 126 42 14.0/14.0 232 7 - 1.4 00:27 NA2gdr 1250(42250) 129 44 14.2/14.0 234 8 clear 1.24 -------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:01 68 38 7 187 (S) 474 clear none 17:01 66 38 11 216 (SW) 599 clear none 18:01 63 38 4 241 (WSW) 556 clear none 19:01 59 40 2 190 (S) 619 clear none 20:01 56 43 5 91 (E) 663 clear none 21:01 56 41 5 103 (ESE) 687 clear none 22:01 58 36 3 261 (W) 673 clear none 23:01 57 36 5 256 (WSW) 627 clear none 00:01 57 35 6 244 (WSW) 533 clear none 01:01 57 36 8 227 (SW) 498 clear none 02:01 56 38 8 207 (SSW) 440 clear none 03:01 55 39 7 217 (SW) 395 clear none 04:01 54 40 4 187 (S) 431 clear none 05:01 54 39 11 210 (SSW) 445 clear none 06:01 52 41 5 186 (S) 445 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 v4.1b4 Current TCC version: 2.7.1 Current TUI version: TUI-0.67+