From: Russet McMillan Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20040502 Date: Mon, 3 May 2004 06:07:11 -0600 (MDT) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Sunday, May 2, 2004 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- J.Holtzman J.Holtzman Echelle 20:15 05:44 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/RO/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B --------------------------------------------------------------------- NM09/R 20:44 05:16 0 0 0 0 0 8.5 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: R.McMillan Near-photometric skies, mild temperatures, light winds, good seeing . . . ho hum. We did a few very short experiments with CorMASS around sunset, getting a jump on the instrument block. That went well, and we switched over to the echelle just as it became dark enough to focus. After that, everything went snoringly. ------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:18 Echelle -117(229) -31 64 6.2/8.2 236 5 ND2 1.03 21:28 Echelle -57(252) -135 56 6.0/6.9 225 7 ND3 1.04 23:32 Echelle -57(159) 95 69 5.9/5.5 186 2 ND3 1.1 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:01 48 21 10 230 (SW) 366 mstly clr none 17:01 53 23 6 260 (W) 407 mstly clr none 18:01 52 23 8 270 (W) 395 mstly clr none 19:01 49 22 5 183 (S) 464 clear none 20:01 42 21 3 238 (WSW) 486 clear none 21:01 43 20 2 238 (WSW) 531 clear none 22:01 42 19 5 204 (SSW) 584 clear none 23:01 41 18 2 188 (S) 460 clear none 00:01 42 18 4 191 (S) 465 clear none 01:01 41 18 5 182 (S) 503 clear none 02:01 42 18 2 161 (SSE) 545 mstly clr none 03:01 42 17 1 206 (SSW) 505 mstly clr none 04:01 42 16 0 213 (SSW) 523 mstly clr none 05:01 41 16 4 262 (W) 548 mstly clr none 06:01 39 18 2 198 (SSW) 444 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-0.843