From: Russet McMillan Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20041128 Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 05:56:35 -0700 (MST) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Sunday, November 28, 2004 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- V.Woolf V.Woolf Echelle --:-- --:-- D.York D.York DIS --:-- --:-- INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/RO/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B --------------------------------------------------------------------- UW01/R 17:54 00:00 0.4 5.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UC04/R 00:00 05:49 0 5.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- 1st half Observing Specialist: B.Ketzeback Socked in. Humidity, high winds, dust then heavy fog kept us closed first half. Light snow started coming down a little after 2300. 2nd half Observing Specialist: R.McMillan More snow second half, plus continued high humidity and intermittent high winds. I ran the snow program until 05:00. ------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:01 32 25 27 263 (W) 995 mstly cldy none 17:01 32 26 21 256 (WSW) 895 mstly cldy none 18:01 32 27 21 259 (W) 759 cloudy none 19:01 32 28 25 225 (SW) 460 cloudy none 20:01 31 28 27 255 (WSW) 695 cloudy none 21:01 30 29 29 249 (WSW) 52184 cloudy fog 22:01 29 29 28 256 (WSW) 15207 cloudy fog 23:01 28 28 24 267 (W) 21561 cloudy fog,snow 00:01 28 27 21 265 (W) 8996 cloudy fog,snow 01:01 26 25 20 276 (W) 8548 cloudy fog,snow 02:01 25 24 17 275 (W) 37525 cloudy fog 03:01 25 22 25 267 (W) 672 cloudy none 04:01 22 18 28 269 (W) 633 cloudy none 05:01 18 16 17 275 (W) 647 cloudy 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 TCC version: 2.7.2 Current TUI version: TUI 0.931