Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 06:08:49 -0600 (MDT) From: Jack Dembicky Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20041012 Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Tuesday, October 12, 2004 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- N.Silvestri P.Szkody DIS 18:45 23:10 J.Frieman J.Marriner DIS --:-- --:-- INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/RO/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B --------------------------------------------------------------------- UW03/R 19:27 01:00 1.8 0 0 0 3.7 0 0 0 0 UC01/O 01:00 06:13 5.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky Clear skies all night but the humidity/dew point depression went over the limits at 23:10 and kept us closed for the remainder of the night. Very frustrating since the skies were perfectly clear! ------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:17 DISslit -50(1218) 69 63 7.3/11.0 10 6 none 0.89 19:19 NA2gdr -1472(29527) 68 63 7.2/10.9 346 7 R 0.84 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:01 50 39 9 302 (WNW) 484 Mst. Clr none 17:01 51 36 1 327 (NNW) 600 Mst. Clr none 18:01 46 34 5 356 (N) 572 Clear none 19:01 45 28 5 351 (N) 512 Clear none 20:01 44 23 7 319 (NW) 536 Clear none 21:01 44 23 10 315 (NW) 521 Clear none 22:01 43 33 7 312 (NW) 582 Clear none 23:01 43 39 10 305 (NW) 672 Clear humid 00:01 42 40 10 302 (WNW) 771 Clear humid 01:01 42 39 9 324 (NW) 708 Clear humid 02:01 43 37 4 336 (NNW) 656 Clear humid 03:01 41 37 3 357 (N) 665 Clear humid 04:01 41 37 5 354 (N) 623 Clear humid 05:01 41 36 3 1 (N) 616 Clear humid 06:01 43 36 3 12 (NNE) 609 Clear humid 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 TCC version: 2.7.2 Current TUI version: TUI 0.90