Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2005 05:10:28 -0600 (MDT) From: Jack Dembicky Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20050910 Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, Sept 10, 2005 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- A.Becker J.Dembicky DIS --:-- --:-- G.Kacprzak G.Kacprzak,C.Churchill SPIcam --:-- --:-- INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B ---------------------------------------------------------------------- UW08/W 20:10 01:00 1.7 3.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NM04/R 01:00 05:51 4.9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky Clouds and threatening weather to our south kept us closed all of first half tonight. The humidity decided to climb above closure limits around 01:00 and basically stayed there for the second half of the night. We never opened. ------- FAILURE LOG ------- PROG INST FAILURE MODE TIME (SEDFNVOG) 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 59 48 7 286 (WNW) -- Mst. Cldy none 17:01 61 49 5 266 (W) -- Mst. Cldy none 18:01 62 45 8 288 (WNW) -- Pt. Cldy none 19:01 58 47 7 269 (W) -- Pt. Cldy none 20:01 57 47 4 177 (S) -- Mst. Cldy none 21:01 56 47 0 205 (SSW) -- Mst. Cldy none 22:01 56 48 10 179 (S) -- Mst. Cldy Lt.Rain 23:01 55 48 8 192 (SSW) -- Mst. Cldy Lt.Rain 00:01 54 48 10 186 (S) -- Mst. Cldy none 01:01 51 50 15 149 (SSE) -- Mst. Cldy humid 02:01 53 47 9 180 (S) -- Mst. Cldy humid 03:01 51 48 10 222 (SW) -- Mst. Cldy humid 04:01 51 48 9 234 (SW) -- Mst. Cldy humid 05:01 51 48 6 258 (WSW) -- Mst. Cldy humid 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 1.0.1