Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20040913 Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 06:03:25 -0600 (MDT) From: bketzeba@apo.nmsu.edu (Bill Ketzeback) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Monday, September 13, 2004 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- G.Richards G.Richards,J.Hennawi DIS 22:25 05:53 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/RO/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B --------------------------------------------------------------------- PU02/R 20:05 05:53 2.3 0 0 0 7.5 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: B.Ketzeback Late opening tonight due to radar returns off to our west and high dust counts. Things setted down shortly after twilight. The rest of the evening went rather smoothly. ------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 22:28 dis-slit -170(1294) 161 77 15.2/16.2 240 10 - 1.17 22:34 NA2gdr -3500(29600)168 77 15.3/16.2 222 9 R 0.8 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:01 73 33 7 279 (W) 543 prtly cldy none 17:01 72 32 15 246 (WSW) 556 prtly cldy none 18:01 65 32 9 272 (W) 534 mstly cldy none 19:01 62 33 7 296 (WNW) 3945 mstly cldy dust 20:01 61 34 2 240 (WSW) 3862 mstly cldy dust 21:01 57 37 6 255 (WSW) 3502 mstly clr dust 22:01 58 35 10 263 (W) 2281 prtly cldy dust 23:01 59 34 7 236 (SW) 1639 mstly clr none 00:01 60 35 11 258 (WSW) 1014 mstly clr none 01:01 58 35 11 243 (WSW) 1591 clear none 02:01 59 37 9 265 (W) 726 clear none 03:01 57 38 8 267 (W) 855 clear none 04:01 57 38 8 266 (W) 810 clear none 05:01 56 38 8 304 (NW) 983 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. TELESCOPE STATUS Telescope drives operational. Current Remark version: 2.85b Current TCC version: 2.7.2 Current TUI version: TUI 9.0b4