Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20030903 Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2003 06:21:11 -0600 (MDT) From: bketzeba@apo.nmsu.edu (Bill Ketzeback) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday, September 3, 2003 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- S.Hawley S.Hawley,N.Silvestri, DIS 19:20 06:20 M.Agueros,D.Haggard, L.Walkowicz INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOTUSED I/RO/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- UW01/O 20:20 05:45 0 0 0 0 5.4 4.0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: W.Ketzeback Photometric...not...photometric...not...photometric... Scattered to broken skies with short hour long holes of clear skies. Wind was strong and from the east most of the night attributing to moderate to very poor seeing. ------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:58 dis-slit 50(1115) 178 70 13.7/17.1 61 16 - 1.26 -------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:01 64 45 1 347 (NNW) 271 prtly cldy none 17:01 64 45 1 232 (SW) 290 prtly cldy none 18:01 62 40 3 48 (NE) 251 clear none 19:01 58 41 13 74 (ENE) 291 clear none 20:01 57 40 16 66 (ENE) 238 prtly cldy none 21:01 54 40 19 67 (ENE) 290 mstly cldy none 22:01 54 40 18 67 (ENE) 438 mstly cldy none 23:01 54 40 26 77 (ENE) 363 clear none 00:01 54 39 27 70 (ENE) 366 prtly cldy none 01:01 51 39 31 70 (ENE) 326 mstly cldy none 02:01 49 41 16 55 (NE) 365 mstly cldy none 03:01 50 43 27 71 (ENE) 353 prtly cldy none 04:01 49 42 16 60 (ENE) 382 clear none 05:01 49 43 19 55 (NE) 350 clear none 06:01 50 39 11 38 (NE) 436 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