Date: Fri, 13 May 2005 05:45:52 -0600 (MDT) From: Jack Dembicky Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20050512 Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Thursday, May 12, 2005 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- F.Hearty F.Hearty, Quyen NICFPS 19:00 01:00 P.Yoachim P.Yoachim DIS 01:00 05:35 INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/RO/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CU04/R 20:53 01:00 0 0 0 0 0.7 3.5 0 0 0 UW04/R 01:00 05:06 0 0 0 0 4.1 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky Opened to start cooling around 19:00, we got on the sky at sunset. Clear all night and beautiful skies. No problems tonight. ------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:18 NICFPS 175(1870) -41 54 10.1/11.3 265 15 H 0.82 20:33 NA2gdr 1738(38738) -86 48 10.1/10.5 265 16 R 0.87 01:02 DISslit -25(1138) 53 70 9.4/9.1 296 17 none 1.0 01:09 NA2gdr -2226(20740) 49 72 9.1/9.1 297 21 R 0.74 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:01 58 14 18 261 (W) 1521 Clear none 17:01 58 13 20 258 (WSW) 1465 Clear none 18:01 56 12 19 266 (W) 1834 Clear none 19:01 54 11 19 269 (W) 1303 Clear none 20:01 51 11 17 265 (W) 1277 Clear none 21:01 50 8 16 265 (W) 1187 Clear none 22:01 50 10 13 263 (W) 1231 Clear none 23:01 50 11 19 282 (WNW) 1197 Clear none 00:01 49 5 14 284 (WNW) 756 Clear none 01:01 49 2 17 293 (WNW) 633 Clear none 02:01 48 2 12 314 (NW) 656 Clear none 03:01 48 2 21 321 (NW) 557 Clear none 04:01 48 1 17 315 (NW) 658 Clear none 05:01 47 1 9 330 (NNW) 475 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 Remark version: 2.85b Current TCC version: 2.7.2 Current TUI version: TUI 0.94