From: Russet McMillan Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20040418 Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 06:07:18 -0600 (MDT) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Sunday, April 18, 2004 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- P.Yoachim P.Yoachim DIS 19:55 02:00 04:25 05:45 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/RO/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B --------------------------------------------------------------------- UW03/R 20:32 05:33 2.4 0 0 0 6.6 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: R.McMillan High clouds of variable thickness caused trouble for most of the night. During first half the observer was able to shoot through the clouds, although flux was very low. After midnight the clouds grew thicker; we closed for a while until the edge of the system finally reached us, then re-opened for the last hour of the night. Everything worked perfectly. ------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:11 DISslit -75(1153) 187 60 8.6/9.9 266 11 - 1.35 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:01 55 11 22 266 (W) 1364 ptly cldy none 17:01 55 16 16 248 (WSW) 1262 ptly cldy none 18:01 51 13 21 225 (SW) 1519 mstly cldy none 19:01 48 14 18 234 (SW) 1914 mstly cldy none 20:01 47 12 13 245 (WSW) 1858 mstly cldy none 21:01 46 12 9 265 (W) 2111 mstly cldy none 22:01 47 12 10 260 (W) 2073 mstly cldy none 23:01 47 16 10 234 (SW) 2214 mstly cldy none 00:01 47 14 8 259 (W) 2032 mstly cldy none 01:01 47 18 6 261 (W) 2233 mstly cldy none 02:01 47 17 7 233 (SW) 2190 cloudy none 03:01 47 17 11 210 (SSW) 2064 cloudy none 04:01 46 18 14 217 (SW) 2126 ptly cldy none 05:01 47 18 10 227 (SW) 2144 cirrus none 06:01 45 19 8 197 (SSW) 1822 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. 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