From: Russet McMillan Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20041212 Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 07:01:28 -0700 (MST) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Sunday, December 12, 2004 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- A.Becker A.Becker,G.Miknaitis SPICAM 17:30 23:58 J.Holtzman B.Moorthy SPICAM 00:03 01:27 DIS 01:37 04:04 SPICAM 04:14 06:35 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/RO/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B ---------------------------------------------------------------------- UW04/R 17:56 00:00 0 0 0 0 6.1 0 0 0 0 NM07/R 00:00 05:59 0 0 0 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- 1st Half Observing Specialist: B.Ketzeback Clear skies and good seeing. No problems first half. 2nd Half Observing Specialist: R.McMillan Yet another photometric night with excellent seeing, ho-hum. And still unseasonably warm, though cooler than the last few balmy nights. ------- FAILURE LOG ------- PROG INST FAILURE MODE TIME (SEGDFNVO) TI/SHU START FINISH DESCRIPTION ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------- FOCUS LOG --------------- Air/Truss Wind Time Instrument Focus Az El Temp-C Dir MPH filt FWHM --------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:12 SPIcam -150(1289) 230 44 7.8/10.0 15 9 r 1.07 18:16 NA2gdr -405(36594) 231 44 7.7/10.0 8 7 R 1.04 19:02 SPIcam -60(1299) 200 56 8.1/9.1 356 6 r 0.82 20:56 SPIcam 0(1338) 228 46 7.3/7.8 359 1 r 0.9 22:35 SPIcam 30(1325) 221 49 7.2/7.1 215 1 r 0.86 00:29 SPIcam -25(1333) 293 27 6.0/6.1 191 4 R 0.83 04:30 SPIcam 0(1084) 205 78 4.0/3.9 180 6 R 0.60 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:01 51 13 1 295 (WNW) 49 clear none 17:01 49 13 4 0 (N) 59 clear none 18:01 46 12 5 350 (N) 26 clear none 19:01 46 12 1 351 (N) 16 clear none 20:01 46 11 2 352 (N) 32 clear none 21:01 44 18 0 279 (W) 122 clear none 22:01 45 14 0 204 (SSW) 51 clear none 23:01 44 18 1 197 (SSW) 93 clear none 00:01 44 19 4 194 (SSW) 100 clear none 01:01 42 17 5 192 (SSW) 129 clear none 02:01 41 17 3 180 (S) 253 clear none 03:01 40 18 1 177 (S) 212 clear none 04:01 39 18 2 181 (S) 383 clear none 05:01 39 20 5 179 (S) 407 clear none 06:01 38 20 5 180 (S) 388 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 TCC version: 2.7.2 Current TUI version: TUI 0.931