Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20051107 Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2005 06:38:51 -0700 (MST) From: bketzeba@apo.nmsu.edu (Bill Ketzeback) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Monday, November 7, 2005 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- T.Harrison T.Harrison DIS 17:12 23:50 E.Turner B.Ketzeback SPIcam 00:05 02:50 G.Richards G.Richards DIS 03:05 06:00 INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NM01/R 18:03 23:55 0 0 0 0 2.8 3.1 0 0 0 PU02/W 23:55 03:10 0 0 0 0 3.2 0 0 0 0 JH02/R 03:10 05:31 0 0 0 0 2.4 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: B.Ketzeback Another night with varible thickness high level clouds. Everything went smoothly. Seeing was moderate to very good. ------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 17:43 dis-slit -100(875) 174 78 10.0/11.8 185 7 - 1.2 00:15 SPIcam 200(1250) 181 78 10.7/10.1 218 16 r 0.64 00:19 NA2gdr -4862(30237)187 77 10.9/10.1 231 13 R+nd2 0.60 03:02 dis-slit 0(871) 159 77 9.8/9.4 264 7 - 1.04 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:01 54 18 15 204 (SSW) 531 mstly cldy cirrus 17:01 51 19 14 202 (SSW) 697 mstly cldy cirrus 18:01 50 20 13 206 (SSW) 1039 mstly cldy cirrus 19:01 50 21 12 209 (SSW) 1613 mstly cldy cirrus 20:01 50 22 9 193 (SSW) 2260 mstly cldy cirrus 21:01 52 17 10 256 (WSW) 575 mstly cldy cirrus 22:01 52 15 11 252 (WSW) 491 mstly cldy cirrus 23:01 52 18 14 238 (WSW) 642 mstly cldy cirrus 00:01 50 20 11 224 (SW) 961 mstly cldy cirrus 01:01 51 24 14 215 (SW) 1366 mstly cldy cirrus 02:01 50 25 10 235 (SW) 1285 mstly cldy cirrus 03:01 49 24 7 265 (W) 1216 mstly cldy cirrus 04:01 50 21 9 259 (W) 867 mstly cldy cirrus 05:01 50 19 8 263 (W) 683 mstly cldy cirrus 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