Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20041214 Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2004 07:09:31 -0700 (MST) From: bketzeba@apo.nmsu.edu (Bill Ketzeback) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Tuesday, December 14, 2004 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- A.Brooks A.Brooks DIS 17:00 00:00 C.Churchill B.Lawton,C.Churchill DIS 00:05 06:30 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/RO/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B ---------------------------------------------------------------------- UW08/R 17:57 00:00 0 0 0 0 2.7 3.3 0 0 0 NM02/R 00:00 06:00 0 0 0 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: W.Ketzeback Clear skies and great seeing with brief excursions from subarcseond to above 1.5 arcseonds. There were no unusual problems. We are still seeing the low level noise problems with the DIS red camera. ------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 17:44 dis-slit 160(998) 167 77 0.8/1.6 358 5 - 1.03 17:53 NA2gdr 0(33100) 179 67 0.7/1.4 355 6 R 0.8 18:12 dis-slit -20(855) 36 54 0.9/1.3 351 6 - 0.77 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:01 32 18 1 237 (WSW) 560 clear none 17:01 35 17 4 349 (NNW) 254 clear none 18:01 34 17 6 354 (N) 148 clear none 19:01 34 16 6 2 (N) 136 clear none 20:01 35 13 2 344 (NNW) 94 clear none 21:01 36 12 3 335 (NNW) 90 clear none 22:01 32 18 4 0 (N) 240 clear none 23:01 35 13 6 357 (N) 89 clear none 00:01 36 15 9 3 (N) 96 clear none 01:01 35 17 6 353 (N) 108 clear none 02:01 34 17 7 8 (N) 107 clear none 03:01 35 14 9 357 (N) 85 clear none 04:01 37 6 1 176 (S) 36 clear none 05:01 36 14 5 253 (WSW) 67 clear none 06:01 36 11 5 245 (WSW) 43 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