Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2004 05:34:31 -0600 (MDT) From: Jack Dembicky Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20040924 Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, September 24, 2004 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- D.York D.York Echelle --:-- --:-- J.Hennawi J.Hennawi DIS --:-- --:-- INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/RO/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B --------------------------------------------------------------------- UC06/R 19:50 01:00 0 5.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 PU01/R 01:00 06:00 2.4 2.6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky Clouds started to thicken this afternoon and we were completely overcast by 18:00. Rain, lightning, wind, started about 19:50. Clouds parted a little around Midnight, but satellite showed more on the way and there was rain and lighting to the S/SE. Clouded back up in about 1 hr. ------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:01 59 36 7 184 (S) 441 Cloudy none 17:01 65 36 9 245 (WSW) 373 Cloudy none 18:01 56 38 6 210 (SSW) 384 Cloudy none 19:01 54 34 11 138 (SE) 450 Cloudy Lt. Rain 20:01 44 38 15 12 (NNE) 554 Cloudy Lt. Rain 21:01 42 40 23 11 (N) 723 Cloudy Lt. Rain 22:01 44 38 14 59 (ENE) 259 Cloudy Lt. Rain 23:01 43 39 7 102 (ESE) 406 Cloudy none 00:01 46 38 3 261 (W) 237 Mst. Cldy none 02:01 48 34 10 187 (S) 211 Cloudy none 03:01 44 39 11 110 (ESE) 336 Cloudy none 04:01 42 39 9 113 (ESE) 367 Cloudy none 05:01 44 39 4 89 (E) 520 Cloudy 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