Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20051212 Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 05:26:19 -0700 (MST) From: bketzeba@apo.nmsu.edu (Bill Ketzeback) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Monday, December 12, 2005 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- G.Wallerstein G.Wallerstein Echelle --:-- --:-- P.Lim P.Lim Echelle --:-- --:-- INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B ---------------------------------------------------------------------- UW14/R 17:56 23:55 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NM10/R 23:55 05:59 0.9 5.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- 1st Half Observing Specialist: R.McMillan 2nd Half Observing Specialist: B.Ketzeback Overcast skies, light snow flurries mixed with light rain and high humidity kept us closed all of second half. I used the time to work on mounting fastcam to the TR2 port and routing the cables for it. ------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:01 41 3 1 191 (S) 741 17:01 39 -3 3 221 (SW) 134 18:01 39 -3 2 214 (SW) 189 19:01 38 2 7 222 (SW) 331 20:01 38 14 6 196 (SSW) 401 21:01 37 16 16 195 (SSW) 586 22:01 37 28 15 222 (SW) 558 23:01 36 25 16 203 (SSW) 539 cloudy lt. Flurries 00:01 36 29 16 224 (SW) 617 cloudy lt. Flurries 01:01 36 28 18 212 (SSW) 568 cloudy lt. Flurries 02:01 35 18 17 202 (SSW) 859 cloudy lt. Flurries 03:01 35 32 23 226 (SW) 952 cloudy humid 04:01 34 34 17 222 (SW) 811 cloudy lt. rain 05:01 34 30 24 226 (SW) 1031 cloudy lt. rain 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: 2.8 Current TUI version: TUI 1.1