From: Russet McMillan Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20040227 Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2004 06:08:40 -0700 (MST) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, February 27, 2004 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- D.Lamb J.Barentine DIS --:-- --:-- S.Kent D.Tucker,S.Allam DIS 01:50 05:45 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/RO/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B --------------------------------------------------------------------- UC04/O 18:52 00:15 0 5.4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UC07/O 00:15 05:40 0.6 1.1 0 0 3.8 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- 1st Half Observing Specialist: J.Barentine Thick clouds, precip in the region on radar. 2nd Half Observing Specialist: R.McMillan A gap in the clouds arrived shortly after 01:30 and we were able to make good use of it. Several hours of the morning were clear and apparently photometric, although seeing was poor. More clouds started moving in right at morning twilight. ------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 02:33 DISslit 0(854) 46 50 0.1/0.4 252 18 - 2.25 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 17:01 40 13 21 212 (SSW) Overcast none 18:01 38 12 18 202 (SSW) Overcast none 19:01 39 12 16 200 (SSW) Overcast none 20:01 38 15 22 196 (SSW) Overcast none 21:01 38 15 24 191 (S) Overcast none 22:01 36 14 20 209 (SSW) Overcast none 23:01 34 10 17 238 (WSW) Overcast none 00:01 34 8 16 214 (SW) Overcast none 01:01 33 12 15 199 (SSW) Overcast none 02:01 32 8 13 268 (W) mstly clr none 03:01 32 5 14 239 (WSW) clear none 04:01 31 7 21 227 (SW) clear none 05:01 31 12 16 223 (SW) clear none 06:01 28 15 18 223 (SW) mstly clr 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