From: Russet McMillan Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20051103 Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2005 06:04:39 -0700 (MST) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Thursday, November 3, 2005 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- J.Frieman G.Miknaitis DIS 22:05 23:55 J.Stockton M.Sussman,P.Strycker DIS 00:10 05:40 INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B ---------------------------------------------------------------------- UC01/R 18:05 23:55 1.7 0.1 0 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 NM06/O 23:55 05:29 0 0 0 0 5.6 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- 1st Half Observing Specialist: B.Ketzeback Once the cloud cover broke around 22:00, we opened and all went smoothly. Seeing was fair to moderate. 2nd Half Observing Specialist: R.McMillan Second half was clear, peaceful, and problemless. ------- FAILURE LOG ------- PROG INST FAILURE MODE TIME (SEDFNVOG) TI/SHU START FINISH DESCRIPTION ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------- FOCUS LOG --------------- Air/Truss Wind Time Instrument Focus Az El Temp-C Dir MPH filt FWHM --------------------------------------------------------------------- 22:15 dis-slit 25(864) 151 76 7.8/8.6 255 19 - 1.27 22:20 NA2gdr -5000(24000) 156 77 7.9/8.5 245 17 R 1.25 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:01 52 24 23 256 (WSW) cloudy none 17:01 49 24 26 244 (WSW) cloudy none 18:01 48 24 19 241 (WSW) cloudy none 19:01 48 24 17 266 (W) cloudy none 20:01 48 24 14 258 (WSW) cloudy none 21:01 48 24 16 256 (WSW) cloudy none 22:01 47 23 14 265 (W) cloudy none 23:01 47 24 21 259 (W) clear none 00:01 46 24 15 268 (W) clear none 01:01 46 25 20 273 (W) clear none 02:01 46 26 17 272 (W) clear none 03:01 45 26 19 267 (W) clear none 04:01 45 27 14 264 (W) clear none 05:01 44 27 15 265 (W) clear none 06:01 42 27 14 266 (W) 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. TELESCOPE STATUS Telescope drives operational. Current TCC version: 2.7.3.2 Current TUI version: TUI 1.1