Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20040211 Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2004 07:48:36 -0700 (MST) From: bketzeba@apo.nmsu.edu (Bill Ketzeback) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday, February 11, 2004 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- P.Yoachim P.Yoachim DIS 18:00 00:15 J.Bochanski J.Bochanski DIS 00:15 04:00 05:30 06:15 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/RO/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B --------------------------------------------------------------------- UW01/R 18:39 00:15 0 0 0 0 4.8 0.8 0 0 0 UW10/R 00:15 05:55 0 1.5 0 0 0 4.2 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: B.Ketzeback Variable seeing conditions again tonight ranging from good, subarcsecond, to poor, greater than 3 arcseconds. At 0400 we reached the dewpoint closure limit. I reopened at 0530. ------- FAILURE LOG ------- PROG INST FAILURE MODE TIME (SEGDFVO) TI/SHU START FINISH DESCRIPTION ----------------------------------------------------------------------- UW10 D T/S --:-- --:-- UW10 prog not listed in TUI ---------------- FOCUS LOG --------------- Air/Truss Wind Time Instrument Focus Az El Temp-C Dir MPH filt FWHM --------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:55 dis-slit 90(787) 205 76 -2.7/-1.8 209 19 - 0.85 00:32 dis-slit 80(674) 131 72 -3.1/-4.2 252 3 - 1.26 00:38 NA2gdr -1029(45970)135 73 -3.4/-4.1 264 9 R 1.88 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:01 28 15 4 283 (WNW) - clear none 17:01 30 16 5 264 (W) - clear none 18:01 27 16 13 222 (SW) - clear none 19:01 27 14 15 217 (SW) - clear none 20:01 26 13 19 218 (SW) - mstly cldy none 21:01 25 9 17 231 (SW) - mstly cldy none 22:01 26 7 14 259 (W) - prtly cldy none 23:01 26 7 11 266 (W) - clear none 00:01 25 8 13 237 (WSW) - prtly cldy none 01:01 26 7 10 235 (SW) - clear none 02:01 24 8 9 224 (SW) - clear none 03:01 24 9 13 192 (SSW) - mstly cldy none 04:01 16 13 8 125 (SE) - clear none 05:01 20 10 10 181 (S) - clear none 06:01 17 10 8 191 (S) - 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. Note: The weather tower dust counter is out of commision TELESCOPE STATUS Telescope drives operational. Current Remark version: 2.85b Current guide software version: guider v4.1b4 Current TCC version: 2.7.2 Current TUI version: TUI-0.83