Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20060131 Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2006 06:26:05 -0700 (MST) From: bketzeba@apo.nmsu.edu (Bill Ketzeback) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Tuesday, January 31, 2006 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- A.Mukadam G.Wallerstein Echelle 16:45 18:15 A.Mukadam A.Mukadam DIS 18:30 19:30 S.Anderson S.Anderson,D.Haggard SPIcam 02:30 06:03 INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B ---------------------------------------------------------------------- UW02/R 18:30 00:10 3.8 0.9 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 UW03/R 00:10 06:03 2.4 0 0 0 3.5 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: B.Ketzeback Clouds, sprinkles and very light snow flurries kept us closed most of first half into the beginning of second half. There were no other problems other terrible seeing when we were open. ------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 17:48 Echelle -16(-116) 150 76 4.4/5.3 269 19 nd2 1.03 18:34 blue_dis 12(674) 28 81 4.4/4.6 275 18 - 2.88 18:37 NA2gdr -7050(24050) 25 82 4.4/4.5 275 20 R+nd2 1.24 03:12 SPIcam 0(635) 49 60 -0.6/-0.5 11 13 r 1.8 03:12 NA2gdr -5505(27494) 49 60 -0.6/-0.5 11 13 R 1.92 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:01 45 17 20 248 (WSW) 839 mstly cldy cirrus 17:01 41 16 13 259 (W) 1086 mstly cldy cirrus 18:01 40 17 15 267 (W) 1056 prtly cldy cirrus 19:01 39 15 15 266 (W) 1061 mstly clr cirrus 20:01 39 14 13 295 (WNW) 861 mstly clr cirrus 21:01 38 17 4 252 (WSW) 846 mstly cldy cirrus 22:01 37 18 7 311 (NW) 686 cloudy lt rain 23:01 35 18 9 320 (NW) 711 cloudy snow flakes 00:01 34 18 0 294 (WNW) 766 cloudy snow flakes 01:01 32 18 12 293 (WNW) 795 cloudy snow flakes 02:01 31 17 13 358 (N) 719 cloudy snow flakes 03:01 31 17 12 7 (N) 683 mstly clr none 04:01 31 16 4 346 (NNW) 853 clear none 05:01 31 14 14 15 (NNE) 674 clear none 06:01 30 13 12 18 (NNE) 508 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 TCC version: 2.8 Current TUI version: TUI 1.1