Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2006 05:24:53 -0700 (MST) From: Jack Dembicky Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20060107 Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, January 7, 2006 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- L.Hebb L.Hebb SPIcam 17:48 20:00 R.McMillan R.McMillan SPIcam --:-- --:-- 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 18:11 00:10 0 4.2 0 0 0 1.8 0 0 0 NM06/R 00:10 06:10 4.2 1.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky We observed until 20:00 when the clouds got a bit too thick to find our bright guidestar anymore. We never opened the remainder of the night. Russet gave up a little after 5AM. ------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:04 SPIcam 0(901) 44 74 5.3/6.4 268 25 i' 1.0 18:06 NA2gdr -2240(30759) 44 74 5.3/6.3 266 21 R 0.9 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:01 47 -1 15 267 (W) 303 Pt. Cldy none 17:01 44 -1 19 267 (W) 345 Pt. Cldy none 18:01 41 0 23 268 (W) 433 Pt. Cldy none 19:01 42 1 20 291 (WNW) 539 MSt. Cldy none 20:01 43 1 18 291 (WNW) 544 Cloudy none 21:01 43 5 15 270 (W) 702 Cloudy none 22:01 43 7 19 263 (W) 745 Cloudy none 23:01 42 8 15 263 (W) 842 Cloudy none 00:01 41 8 9 260 (W) 853 Cloudy none 01:01 41 9 7 282 (WNW) 994 Cloudy none 02:01 40 9 12 265 (W) 1157 Cloudy none 03:01 39 8 16 266 (W) 1137 Cloudy none 04:01 39 5 17 275 (W) 1134 Cloudy none 05:01 38 0 21 270 (W) 853 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