From: Russet McMillan Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20060125 Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 05:23:02 -0700 (MST) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday, January 25, 2006 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- S.Vennes S.Vennes DIS --:-- --:-- D.Bowen D.Bowen DIS --:-- --:-- G.Wallerstein R.McMillan Echelle --:-- --:-- INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B ---------------------------------------------------------------------- JH03/R 18:25 00:10 5.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 PU04/R 00:10 05:36 4.3 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UW13/W 05:36 06:06 0 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: R.McMillan We were closed all night for a variety of weather including snow, clouds, and high winds, but especially high humidity because the primary mirror was still cool from the previous night. I did a little cloudy-night working testing new slit wheels for DIS. ------- 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 35 30 24 151 (SSE) 1081 mstly cldy lt snow 17:01 35 29 29 135 (SE) 894 ptly cldy wind 18:01 34 28 27 144 (SE) 1151 ptly cldy wind 19:01 33 27 29 146 (SE) 1209 ptly cldy wind 20:01 33 31 32 146 (SE) 1013 ptly cldy wind 21:01 35 34 21 160 (SSE) 715 ptly cldy wind 22:01 33 33 26 146 (SE) 877 ptly cldy humid 23:01 33 32 16 173 (S) 1144 ptly cldy humid 00:01 34 33 25 156 (SSE) 1355 ptly cldy none 01:01 37 31 28 187 (S) 1698 ptly cldy wind 02:01 36 32 22 198 (SSW) 1723 ptly cldy humid 03:01 35 32 24 204 (SSW) 1583 ptly cldy humid 04:01 35 33 20 201 (SSW) 1735 ptly cldy humid 05:01 35 33 24 205 (SSW) 1608 ptly 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 TCC version: 2.8 Current TUI version: TUI 1.1