From: Russet McMillan Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20050112 Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 06:53:24 -0700 (MST) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday, January 12, 2005 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- S.Bates J.Holtzman DIS 16:55 23:30 N.Chanover N.Chanover,B.Recchie, SPIcam 23:40 00:50 J.Norwood 03:25 06:50 INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/RO/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NM02/R 18:14 00:10 0 0 0 0 4.1 1.9 0 0 0 NM01/O 00:10 06:09 2.6 0 0 0 3.4 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- 1st Half Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky No problems 1st half. 2nd Half Observing Specialist: R.McMillan Second half was clear, with seeing varying from excellent to poor. We started out with borderline humidity, which crept upward until the dewpoint was too close to the temperature of the cold telescope, so we closed for a while until it dropped again. ------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:09 DISslit -375(225) 77 56 -6.2/-4.6 340 14 none 1.9 18:20 NA2gdr -6275(26825) 75 58 -6.2/-4.9 39 12 R+ND2 1.3 23:51 SPIcam 50(641) 167 78 -7.1/-7.6 18 18 R 0.93 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:01 22 11 27 302 (WNW) Cloudy none 17:01 22 12 11 327 (NNW) Cloudy none 18:01 21 13 22 356 (N) Pt. Cldy none 19:01 21 14 11 1 (N) Mst. Clr none 20:01 21 14 12 1 (N) Mst. Clr none 21:01 20 13 11 26 (NNE) Mst. Clr none 22:01 20 14 6 47 (NE) Clear none 23:01 20 14 7 34 (NE) Clear none 00:01 19 14 16 16 (NNE) clear none 01:01 19 14 12 17 (NNE) clear none 02:01 19 14 10 20 (NNE) clear none 03:01 18 12 15 16 (NNE) clear none 04:01 18 12 18 27 (NNE) clear none 05:01 20 3 21 21 (NNE) clear none 06:01 17 9 16 20 (NNE) 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. Note: The Tower Dust counter appears to be down at this time TELESCOPE STATUS Telescope drives operational. Current Remark version: 2.85b Current TCC version: 2.7.2 Current TUI version: TUI 0.932