From: Russet McMillan Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20050129 Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2005 04:54:56 -0700 (MST) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, January 29, 2005 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- J.Walawender J.Walawender, NIC-FPS 17:45 19:45 J.Bally S.Vennes S.Vennes DIS --:-- --:-- INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/RO/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CU01/R 18:29 00:10 1.2 2.5 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 UW07/R 00:10 06:04 0 5.9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- 1st Half Observing Specialist: B.Ketzeback Slight delay in opening due to cloud cover. Open for 2 hours and then clouds got too thick to continue. Closed for the remainder of first half. 2nd Half Observing Specialist: R.McMillan Second half had thickening clouds, high humidity, and a few isolated snowflakes. ------- FAILURE LOG ------- PROG INST FAILURE MODE TIME (SEGDFNVO) TI/SHU START FINISH DESCRIPTION ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------- FOCUS LOG --------------- Air/Truss Wind Time Instrument Focus Az El Temp-C Dir MPH filt FWHM --------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:01 nicfps 50(1253) 175 77 -0.4/0.8 188 17 MK-J 0.93 18:13 NA2gdr 6500(45600) 188 79 -0.4/0.5 198 14 R+nd2 1.0 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:01 34 26 14 205 (SSW) - mstly cldy none 17:01 33 26 17 191 (S) - mstly cldy none 18:01 31 24 13 213 (SSW) - mstly clr none 19:01 32 22 15 191 (S) - mstly clr none 20:01 32 24 21 204 (SSW) - mstly cldy none 21:01 33 22 24 217 (SW) - cloudy none 22:01 32 23 18 203 (SSW) - cloudy none 23:01 31 24 26 196 (SSW) - cloudy none 00:01 28 23 18 253 (WSW) cloudy none 01:01 27 22 13 248 (WSW) cloudy none 02:01 25 22 12 254 (WSW) cloudy none 03:01 24 22 17 253 (WSW) cloudy none 04:01 22 21 15 234 (SW) cloudy snow? 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 0.94b2