Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 05:39:06 -0600 (MDT) From: Jack Dembicky Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20050829 Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Monday, Aug 29, 2005 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- D.York D.York DIS 19:45 05:30 INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B ---------------------------------------------------------------------- UC05/R 20:27 05:42 0 0 0 0.2 6.2 2.9 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky Clear sky all night. We had a controller error occur around 03:07 that halted the telescope drives. About 10 mins lost in getting the system back up and back on the observers target. No problems other than noted above. ------- FAILURE LOG ------- PROG INST FAILURE MODE TIME (SEDFNVO) TI/SHU START FINISH DESCRIPTION ----------------------------------------------------------------------- UC05 D T/H 03:07 03:17 Controller error halted drives ---------------- FOCUS LOG --------------- Air/Truss Wind Time Instrument Focus Az El Temp-C Dir MPH filt FWHM --------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:33 DISslit 25(1121) 71 6 11.6/14.3 111 12 none 2.7 20:43 NA2gdr 0(2300) 68 64 12.2/14.1 114 11 R 1.7 23:17 DISslit 75(1108) 78 76 14.2/13.0 57 11 none 0.83 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 18:01 57 45 7 81 (E) 227 Pt. Cldy none 19:01 53 48 10 102 (ESE) 227 Mst. Clr none 20:01 53 46 12 115 (ESE) 227 Clear none 21:01 55 41 8 82 (E) 227 Clear none 22:01 54 41 7 82 (E) 227 Clear none 23:01 57 33 1 358 (N) 227 Clear none 00:01 56 31 8 21 (NNE) 227 Clear none 01:01 58 33 1 343 (NNW) 227 Clear none 02:01 56 36 0 313 (NW) 227 Clear none 03:01 53 40 5 269 (W) 227 Clear none 04:01 54 42 2 279 (W) 227 Clear none 05:01 54 41 5 273 (W) 227 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 1.0