Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20060102 Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2006 06:31:28 -0700 (MST) From: bketzeba@apo.nmsu.edu (Bill Ketzeback) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Monday, January 2, 2006 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- L.Hebb L.Hebb SPIcam 16:45 00:00 B.Keeney B.Keeney DIS 00:10 05:10 INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B ---------------------------------------------------------------------- JH04/R 18:07 00:10 0 0 0 0 3.8 2.3 0 0 0 CU04/R 00:10 06:08 1.0 0 0 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: B.Ketzeback Tonight was mostly clear until about 04:00. By 05:10 overcast skies halted data collection. The enclosure louvers failed in automatic mode on opening, and would not close manually however they operated fine when I commanded them to close in auto mode. ------- FAILURE LOG ------- PROG INST FAILURE MODE TIME (SEDFNVOG) TI/SHU START FINISH DESCRIPTION ----------------------------------------------------------------------- JH04 S T/H --:-- --:-- Louvers would not open in auto CU04 D T/H --:-- --:-- Louvers failed to close in manual ---------------- FOCUS LOG --------------- Air/Truss Wind Time Instrument Focus Az El Temp-C Dir MPH filt FWHM --------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:05 SPIcam 25(925) 172 68 6.3/6.3 272 16 i 0.83 18:11 NA2gdr -5700(29400) 175 66 6.4/6.3 280 17 R+nd2 0.72 00:19 dis-slit 75(793) 240 75 6.2/5.7 254 20 - 1.25 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:01 46 16 9 267 (W) 190 clear none 17:01 44 15 10 264 (W) 307 clear none 18:01 43 16 16 270 (W) 451 clear none 19:01 44 17 12 272 (W) 242 clear none 20:01 44 18 22 286 (WNW) 207 clear none 21:01 42 18 14 271 (W) 348 clear none 22:01 43 19 18 264 (W) 304 clear none 23:01 42 19 16 253 (WSW) 383 clear none 00:01 43 19 21 263 (W) 436 clear none 01:01 43 20 12 260 (W) 411 clear none 02:01 40 20 20 243 (WSW) 488 clear none 03:01 41 20 19 245 (WSW) 511 clear none 04:01 42 21 19 252 (WSW) 391 mstly cldy none 05:01 41 23 16 255 (WSW) 413 cloudy none 06:01 40 23 17 262 (W) 420 cloudy 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 TCC version: 2.8 Current TUI version: TUI 1.1