Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20040416 Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2004 06:02:58 -0600 (MDT) From: bketzeba@apo.nmsu.edu (Bill Ketzeback) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, April 16, 2004 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- P.Szkody P.Szkody DIS 19:30 01:00 E.Ellingson M.Hicks, S.Faucett DIS 01:00 06:15 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/RO/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B --------------------------------------------------------------------- UW06/R 20:30 01:00 0 0 0 0 4.5 0 0 0 0 CU01/R 01:00 05:35 0 0 0 0 4.6 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: B.Ketzeback Variable thickness cirrus all night. Seeing was moderate all night with short periods of variability. No problems again tonight. ------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:10 dis-slit -90(1188) 184 77 9.6/11.8 193 9 - 1.1 20:12 NA2gdr -2332(44667)186 77 9.5/11.7 205 17 R 1.21 21:53 NA2gdr -5202(41797)-14161 9.6/9.8 214 17 clear 0.91 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:01 61 19 17 198 (SSW) 516 mstly cldy cirrus 17:01 58 18 15 245 (WSW) 576 mstly cldy cirrus 18:01 55 17 15 210 (SSW) 640 mstly cldy cirrus 19:01 51 17 18 215 (SW) 592 mstly cldy cirrus 20:01 48 17 9 200 (SSW) 666 mstly cldy cirrus 21:01 49 19 17 222 (SW) 684 mstly cldy cirrus 22:01 50 18 8 209 (SSW) 637 mstly cldy cirrus 23:01 50 22 15 208 (SSW) 589 clear none 00:01 50 22 11 182 (S) 656 mstly cldy cirrus 01:01 50 21 14 200 (SSW) 688 mstly cldy cirrus 02:01 49 22 18 197 (SSW) 569 mstly cldy cirrus 03:01 50 20 19 204 (SSW) 645 mstly cldy cirrus 04:01 50 21 17 203 (SSW) 617 clear none 05:01 50 21 16 190 (S) 631 mstly cldy cirrus 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 guide software version: guider v4.1b4 Current TCC version: 2.7.2 Current TUI version: TUI-0.842