Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 04:47:38 -0600 (MDT) From: John Barentine Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20050526 Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Thursday, May 26, 2005 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- B.Gillespie J.Barentine FastCam --:-- --:-- C.Oliveira C.Oliveira, Echelle --:-- --:-- P.Sonnentrucker INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/RO/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B ---------------------------------------------------------------------- EN01/O 21:05 01:00 2.6 1.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 JH06/R 01:00 04:56 0 3.9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Barentine Another night of storms early, followed by clouds later on. Storms were active in the area until around midnight, but we remained overcast for the rest of the night. Paule and Cristina gave up at about 03:00. I stuck around to get the late instrument fills after 05:00. ------- 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 60 31 9 256 (WSW) 700 PtlyCldy none 17:01 63 43 7 234 (SW) 538 PtlyCldy none 18:01 59 48 2 243 (WSW) 571 PtlyCldy none 19:01 56 46 3 321 (NW) 635 MstlyCldy none 20:01 53 46 10 347 (NNW) 1020 Overcast none 21:01 49 46 22 15 (NNE) 1705 Overcast none 22:01 50 39 19 47 (NE) 459 Overcast none 23:01 49 39 12 2 (N) 401 Overcast none 00:01 50 23 5 258 (WSW) 397 Overcast none 01:01 48 42 17 151 (SSE) 745 Overcast lt rain 02:01 48 44 15 123 (ESE) 853 Overcast none 03:01 49 41 6 170 (S) 597 Overcast none 04:01 50 38 16 119 (ESE) 634 Overcast 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