From: Russet McMillan Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20040329 Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 05:54:04 -0700 (MST) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Monday, March 29, 2004 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- D.York D.York,J.Barentine DIS 18:40 00:02 M.Strauss J.Hennawi DIS 00:03 05:20 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/RO/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B --------------------------------------------------------------------- UC06/R 19:15 00:15 0 0 0 0 0 5.0 0 0 0 PU05/O 00:15 04:59 0 0 0 0 2.3 2.4 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: R.McMillan A peaceful night, clear with seeing ranging from 1-2 arcsec. The guider required considerable babysitting to identify and keep stars, but improved slightly after moonset. Aside from the guider, everything worked well. ------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:23 dis-slit -50(1105) 173 68 5.6/8.7 48 7 - 1.05 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 17:01 50 15 8 249 (WSW) 590 mstly clr none 18:01 47 14 5 267 (W) 589 mstly clr none 19:01 43 15 2 339 (NNW) 550 clear none 20:01 42 13 13 66 (ENE) 461 clear none 21:01 41 14 12 38 (NE) 481 clear none 22:01 42 12 11 24 (NNE) 721 clear none 23:01 42 7 11 57 (NE) 411 clear none 00:01 43 7 11 78 (ENE) 478 clear none 01:01 42 7 6 92 (E) 508 clear none 02:01 42 5 9 91 (E) 558 clear none 03:01 42 -3 8 143 (SE) 594 clear none 04:01 40 -9 13 127 (SE) 536 clear none 05:01 40 -5 12 110 (ESE) 590 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-0.842