Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2004 06:33:27 -0600 (MDT) From: Jack Dembicky Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20040423 Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, April 23, 2004 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- H.Osborne H.Osborne DIS 22:20 01:00 A.West A.West SPIcam 01:00 06:20 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/RO/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B --------------------------------------------------------------------- NM03/R 20:36 01:00 0 1.7 0 0 1.1 1.6 0 0 0 UW02/R 01:00 05:26 0 0 0 0 4.4 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky I did not open until around 22:15 due to clouds. The NA2guider ICC Mac locked up around 02:00, power cycled and rebooted brought it back to life. Clouds rolled in thick enough to interfere with the last couple of science images. We closed up to take dome flats, but the clouds moved out, so we re-opened to get sky flats instead. Seeing was variable thru the night, ranging from just under 1 arc sec to around 2 arc sec (read off the NA2 guider). ------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 22:31 DISslit -75(1017) 66 61 4.8/6.7 261 14 none 1.3 22:36 Na2gdr -351(46648) 65 62 4.7/6.6 243 17 R 1.4 01:02 SPIcam 50(1149) 66 61 3.1/3.7 235 8 r' 1.0 01:09 NA2gdr 2661(51661) 64 63 2.9/3.6 229 8 clear 1.1 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:01 52 16 18 205 (SSW) 1936 Clear none 17:01 48 10 13 241 (WSW) 1560 Mst. Clr none 18:01 50 7 13 194 (SSW) 1321 Pt. Cldy none 19:01 46 7 11 201 (SSW) 1154 Cloudy none 20:01 43 9 15 191 (S) 1467 Cloudy none 21:01 42 12 8 257 (WSW) 1292 Cloudy none 22:01 42 11 15 241 (WSW) 1301 Pt. Cldy none 23:01 40 11 18 263 (W) 1619 Pt. Cldy none 00:01 39 18 9 266 (W) 2885 Pt. Cldy none 01:01 38 17 6 245 (WSW) 2332 Pt. Cldy none 02:01 39 15 10 272 (W) 1657 Mst. Clr none 03:01 39 15 11 268 (W) 1530 Mst. Clr none 04:01 38 15 10 272 (W) 1304 Pt. Cldy none 05:01 36 17 8 267 (W) 1017 Pt. Cldy none 06:01 36 18 6 263 (W) 1001 Mst. 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