From: Russet McMillan Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20040411 Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 06:25:10 -0600 (MDT) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Monday, April 11, 2005 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- R.Covarrubias R.Covarrubias SPIcam 19:36 00:56 J.Tumlinson J.Tumlinson DIS 01:07 05:44 INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/RO/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B ---------------------------------------------------------------------- UW03/R 20:26 01:00 0 0 0 0 2.2 2.4 0 0 0 UC02/R 01:00 05:42 0 0 0 0 4.7 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- 1st Half Observing Specialist: J.Barentine Quiet first half with good seeing, virtually subarcsecond, throughout. The NA2 guider was well-behaved with none of the errors seen in recent nights. 2nd Half Observing Specialist: R.McMillan Mostly photometric skies and subarcsecond seeing continued through second half. Everything worked perfectly, including the guider shutter. ------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:28 SPIcam 250(1159) 167 81 2.9/3.3 270 8 6629 0.58 20:32 NA2gdr 4061(35061) 171 81 3.0/3.3 270 11 R 0.66 01:15 DISslit -25(898) 207 55 2.9/2.6 314 8 - 0.91 01:15 NA2gdr -2175(28825)207 55 2.9/2.6 314 8 R 0.75 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:01 40 10 14 305 (NW) 837 Clear none 17:01 42 11 17 283 (WNW) 812 Clear none 18:01 41 9 8 277 (W) 995 Clear none 19:01 40 11 12 270 (W) 1075 Clear none 20:01 37 11 10 266 (W) 1231 Clear none 21:01 39 10 13 270 (W) 1348 Clear none 22:01 39 10 14 272 (W) 1521 Clear none 23:01 38 12 9 261 (W) 1496 Clear none 00:01 37 14 11 283 (WNW) 1539 Clear none 01:01 38 13 13 306 (NW) 1531 clear none 02:01 37 12 16 343 (NNW) 1254 clear none 03:01 37 11 9 333 (NNW) 1040 clear none 04:01 38 12 2 348 (NNW) 975 mstly clr none 05:01 37 12 9 8 (N) 965 clear none 06:01 38 9 5 358 (N) 1055 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. Note: The Tower Dust counter appears to be down at this time TELESCOPE STATUS Telescope drives operational. Current Remark version: 2.85b Current TCC version: 2.7.2 Current TUI version: TUI 0.94