From: Russet McMillan Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20041203 Date: Sat, 4 Dec 2004 05:46:40 -0700 (MST) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, December 3, 2004 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- D.York A.Puckett SPIcam 17:00 18:35 A.Becker G.Miknaitis SPIcam 18:35 20:15 Z.Ivezic P.McGhee,G.Stringfellow SPIcam --:-- --:-- INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/RO/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B --------------------------------------------------------------------- UC06/R 16:57 18:25 0 0 0 0 0.2 0 1.3 0 0 UW04/R 18:25 00:00 0 0 0 0 4.9 1.0 0 0 0 UW14/R 00:00 05:53 0 0 0 0 0 5.9 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- 1st half Observing Specialist: B.Ketzeback Thickening clouds forced us to close at 20:15. 2nd half Observing Specialist: R.McMillan Persistent thick clouds prevented us from opening second half. ------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 17:32 SPIcam 40(1088) 191 77 1.7/3.0 32 11 z 0.87 17:35 NA2gdr 200(37200) 194 77 1.6/2.9 348 4 R 0.87 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:01 38 1 9 24 (NNE) 429 mstly cldy none 17:01 36 -10 4 354 (N) 226 mstly cldy none 18:01 38 -27 9 3 (N) 151 mstly cldy none 19:01 37 -16 9 3 (N) 144 mstly cldy none 20:01 38 -5 9 357 (N) 157 mstly cldy none 21:01 37 -18 5 281 (W) 145 mstly cldy none 22:01 36 -19 3 263 (W) 152 mstly cldy none 23:01 36 -11 4 259 (W) 169 cloudy none 00:01 35 -10 3 246 (WSW) 181 cloudy none 01:01 37 -23 7 269 (W) 51 cloudy none 02:01 37 -17 7 272 (W) 92 cloudy none 03:01 36 -21 11 265 (W) 30 cloudy none 04:01 37 -23 9 267 (W) 130 cloudy none 05:01 38 -7 14 288 (WNW) 126 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