Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 07:15:54 -0700 (MST) From: Jack Dembicky Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20051229 Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Thursday, December 29, 2005 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- B.Woodgate B.Woodgate, C.Grady GFP 17:15 22:30 M.Endres, A.Cox S.McCandliss B.Woodgate, C.Grady GFP 00:00 06:58 M.Endres, A.Cox INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B ---------------------------------------------------------------------- DD03/O 18:03 23:55 1.5 0 0 0 4.4 0 0 0 0 JH08/O 23:55 06:07 0 0 0 0 6.2 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky No problems tonight! ------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:32 GFP 25(938) 104 41 3.8/4.4 271 14 6717 1.1 18:34 NA2gdr -4003(31096) 104 42 3.9/4.3 270 11 ND2 0.94 20:10 GFP 25(798) 95 62 2.6/3.1 245 14 6717 1.0 20:16 NA2gdr -5179(29920) 94 63 2.6/3.0 252 15 ND2 0.92 00:36 GFP 175(884) -95 62 1.7/1.4 291 13 6717 1.3 00:44 NA2gdr -1213(31786) -95 60 1.6/1.3 302 14 R 1.1 03:42 GFP 150(868) 155 79 1.5/0.7 299 4 R 1.6 03:45 NA2gdr -1500(31500) 159 79 1.4/0.7 345 6 R 1.3 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:01 43 8 11 312 (NW) 110 Clear none 17:01 42 8 8 305 (NW) 152 Clear none 18:01 38 18 5 264 (W) 278 Clear none 19:01 38 20 11 266 (W) 499 Clear none 20:01 37 22 15 244 (WSW) 550 Clear none 21:01 36 14 10 243 (WSW) 412 Clear none 22:01 35 11 5 258 (WSW) 488 Pt. Cldy none 23:01 36 12 9 270 (W) 656 Cloudy none 00:01 35 13 3 258 (WSW) 895 Pt. Cldy none 01:01 35 17 13 312 (NW) 615 Clear none 02:01 35 12 1 28 (NNE) 334 Clear none 03:01 34 11 7 357 (N) 334 Clear none 04:01 35 7 13 324 (NW) 305 Clear none 05:01 34 8 7 350 (N) 315 Clear none 06:01 35 -2 9 314 (NW) 210 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: 2.8 Current TUI version: TUI 1.1