From: Russet McMillan Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20050314 Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 06:21:06 -0700 (MST) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Monday, March 14, 2005 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- P.Szkody P.Szkody,A.Mukadam DIS --:-- --:-- M.Strauss M.Strauss DIS --:-- --:-- INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/RO/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B ---------------------------------------------------------------------- UW10/R 19:04 00:10 1.1 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 PU05/R 00:10 05:20 5.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- 1st Half Observing Specialist: J.Barentine Intermittent snowshowers in the late afternoon, followed by scattered thunderstorms in the area after dark. Snow was intermittent for first half. Around 22:15 we got what appeared to be a dust spike, but it turned out to be fog. We never opened. 2nd Half Observing Specialist: R.McMillan I ran the snow program second half. We had less than 2 inches of accumulated wet stuff by morning. ------- FAILURE LOG ------- PROG INST FAILURE MODE TIME (SEGDFNVO) 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 34 30 19 202 (SSW) 915 MstlyCldy lt snow 17:01 39 26 21 188 (S) 705 MstlyCldy none 18:01 36 26 23 201 (SSW) 800 Overcast none 19:01 34 27 15 246 (WSW) 661 Overcast none 20:01 34 26 20 187 (S) 871 Overcast lt snow 21:01 34 26 14 233 (SW) 923 Overcast lt snow 22:01 33 28 16 220 (SW) 895 Overcast none 23:01 32 28 21 244 (WSW) 2600 Overcast none 00:01 30 28 16 244 (WSW) 2096 Overcast none 01:01 29 29 15 239 (WSW) 51206 cloudy lt snow 02:01 28 28 9 207 (SSW) 57775 cloudy lt snow 03:01 28 28 12 235 (SW) 34936 cloudy lt snow 04:01 28 28 17 229 (SW) 59512 cloudy lt snow 05:01 28 28 22 215 (SW) 4490 cloudy none 06:01 28 28 25 248 (WSW) 72978 cloudy 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 Remark version: 2.85b Current TCC version: 2.7.2 Current TUI version: TUI 0.94