From: Russet McMillan Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20050113 Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 06:57:15 -0700 (MST) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Thursday, January 13, 2005 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- N.Chanover N.Chanover,J.Norwood SPIcam 17:25 05:30 06:15 06:55 INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/RO/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NM01/O 18:16 06:09 0.6 0 0 0 8.3 3.0 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 had generally good seeing but thickening cirrus that eventually prevented photon-collection for the last half hour or so before twilight. We remained open during that time to be ready for twilight flats. ------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:21 SPIcam 175(1079) 26 54 -0.4/-1.5 14 19 I 1.2 19:25 SPIcam 25(1042) 99 27 -1.4/-1.7 27 21 B 1.7 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:01 29 3 8 22 (NNE) Clear none 17:01 30 -8 21 13 (NNE) Clear none 18:01 30 -10 23 27 (NNE) Clear none 19:01 30 -14 21 28 (NNE) Clear none 20:01 31 -17 17 27 (NNE) Lt. Cirrus none 21:01 31 -21 26 22 (NNE) Lt. Cirrus none 22:01 32 -20 24 24 (NNE) Lt. Cirrus none 23:01 34 -20 19 23 (NNE) Lt. Cirrus none 00:01 34 -26 16 23 (NNE) cirrus none 01:01 35 -33 8 29 (NNE) cirrus none 02:01 35 -30 6 351 (N) cirrus none 03:01 32 -21 1 195 (SSW) cirrus none 04:01 32 -22 1 248 (WSW) ptly cldy none 05:01 32 -21 5 358 (N) mstly cldy none 06:01 33 -21 8 356 (N) mstly cldy 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