From: Russet McMillan Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20050118 Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 06:34:40 -0700 (MST) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Tuesday, January 18, 2005 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- D.York J.Barentine DIS 16:30 06:10 INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/RO/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B ---------------------------------------------------------------------- UC02/O 18:20 00:10 0 0 0 0 0 5.9 0 0 0 UC05/O 00:10 06:08 0 0 0 0 3.7 2.3 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- 1st half Observing Specialist: B.Ketzeback Clear skies with moderate to poor seeing. 2nd half Observing Specialist: R.McMillan Second half had clear skies with good to moderate seeing, and nary a sign of a problem. ------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:05 dis-slit -250(711) 184 77 2.1/4.5 30 10 - 1.45 18:20 NA2gdr -2000(31100)202 77 2.3/4.1 62 1 ND3 1.2 20:03 dis-slit -50(873) 27 66 4.6/3.2 350 17 - 1.89 22:48 dis-slit -55(923) 187 46 3.0/2.9 81 4 - 1.35 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:01 40 16 7 352 (N) - clear none 17:01 38 14 5 359 (N) - clear none 18:01 36 18 9 353 (N) - clear none 19:01 36 18 3 354 (N) - clear none 20:01 40 14 0 150 (SSE) - clear none 21:01 39 13 14 5 (N) - clear none 22:01 39 15 11 11 (N) - clear none 23:01 38 16 6 0 (N) clear none 00:01 38 17 10 358 (N) clear none 01:01 37 17 9 345 (NNW) clear none 02:01 38 17 13 34 (NE) clear none 03:01 38 18 8 359 (N) clear none 04:01 38 14 13 12 (NNE) clear none 05:01 38 9 13 34 (NE) clear none 06:01 39 4 11 29 (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 0.94b1