Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20051104 Date: Sat, 5 Nov 2005 06:22:22 -0700 (MST) From: bketzeba@apo.nmsu.edu (Bill Ketzeback) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, November 4, 2005 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- D.York M.Hammergren DIS 17:35 18:35 D.York D.York DIS 18:40 23:50 J.Stockton J.Stockton,M.Sussman, DIS 01:15 06:20 P.Strycker INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B ---------------------------------------------------------------------- UC10/R 17:14 18:35 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 0.5 0 0 UC04/R 18:35 23:55 0 0 0 0 4.9 0.5 0 0 0 NM06/O 23:55 05:30 0 0 0 0 5.6 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: B.Ketzeback Winds calmed enough at sunset to open and all went smoothly. Seeing was fair to moderate, and very variable. ------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 17:40 dis-slit 50(928) 156 77 8.0/9.6 266 18 - 1.22 17:42 NA2gdr -5000(26100) 158 78 8.0/9.4 261 16 R 0.92 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:01 51 24 28 254 (WSW) 1533 clear gusty 17:01 48 21 17 269 (W) 1513 clear none 18:01 47 22 20 263 (W) 1030 clear none 19:01 46 22 21 274 (W) 1052 clear none 20:01 45 21 23 269 (W) 936 clear none 21:01 45 23 20 273 (W) 1023 clear none 22:01 44 21 16 272 (W) 915 clear none 23:01 45 23 19 289 (WNW) 914 clear none 00:01 45 22 17 291 (WNW) 869 clear none 01:01 45 22 20 291 (WNW) 908 clear none 02:01 44 22 18 276 (W) 850 clear none 03:01 42 23 9 271 (W) 903 clear none 04:01 40 23 14 289 (WNW) 819 clear none 05:01 40 23 14 305 (NW) 948 clear none 06:01 40 22 12 289 (WNW) 847 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