From: Russet McMillan Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20041205 Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2004 01:51:04 -0700 (MST) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Sunday, December 5, 2004 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- A.Becker G.Miknaitis SPIcam --:-- --:-- J.Helmboldt J.Helmboldt SPIcam --:-- --:-- INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/RO/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B --------------------------------------------------------------------- UW04/R 17:54 00:00 6.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NM06/R 00:00 05:54 1.0 4.9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: R.McMillan Ice on the dome prevented us from opening tonight. Aside from the first few hours of the night, we also had nasty weather conditions, including high humidity, heavy clouds, and more snow. ------- 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 31 14 13 247 (WSW) 131 mstly clr none 17:01 28 15 12 243 (WSW) 202 mstly clr none 18:01 31 4 22 229 (SW) 122 ptly cldy none 19:01 32 15 15 246 (WSW) 94 ptly cldy none 20:01 31 21 13 183 (S) 132 ptly cldy none 21:01 31 24 16 189 (S) 152 ptly cldy none 22:01 30 26 17 189 (S) 221 mstly cldy none 23:01 30 28 17 193 (SSW) 282 cloudy none 00:01 32 25 26 200 (SSW) 229 cloudy none 01:01 32 27 28 194 (SSW) 203 cloudy snow,sleet 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