Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2006 06:57:17 -0700 (MST) From: Jack Dembicky Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20060108 Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Sunday, January 8, 2006 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- G.Wolf-Chase G.Wolf-Chase, M.Smutko NIC-FPS 20:00 00:00 J.Walewander G.Stringfellow G.Stringfellow DIS 00:10 02:10 R.McMillan R.McMillan SPIcam 02:10 06:30 INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B ---------------------------------------------------------------------- UC05/R 18:11 00:10 0 1.8 0 0 0 4.2 0 0 0 CU08/R 00:10 02:10 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 NM06/R 00:10 06:09 0 0 0 0 3.1 0.9 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky Elevated dust levels kept us closed until they seemed leveled off at 3500cts and not spiking. We opened at 20:00. No problems tonight. Dust levels were between 2000-3500 all night. ------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:04 NICFPS 100(1077) 68 64 3.5/4.4 214 9 Ks 0.92 21:04 NICFPS 25(1132) 191 48 4.1/3.7 228 15 Ks 1.09 22:23 NICFPS 150(1253) 197 43 4.1/3.2 266 14 Ks 0.65 00:11 DISslit 25(624) 299 68 2.9/2.8 271 15 ND2 1.1 00:18 NA2gdr -7364(21635) 297 66 3.1/2.8 296 15 R 0.82 01:28 Echelle 77(-119) 300 38 2.3/2.1 297 14 ND2 1.24 02:26 SPIcam 125(876) 352 60 2.7/2.3 280 11 R 0.79 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:01 43 -6 20 306 (NW) 3432 Clear Dust 17:01 40 -5 13 293 (WNW) 3027 Clear Dust 18:01 40 -5 10 289 (WNW) 3346 Clear Dust 19:01 39 -4 15 233 (SW) 3558 Clear Dust 20:01 38 -4 16 231 (SW) 3500 Clear Dust 21:01 40 -3 7 198 (SSW) 3085 Clear Dust 22:01 39 -4 10 268 (W) 2850 Clear Dust 23:01 39 -4 12 288 (WNW) 2702 Clear Dust 00:01 37 -4 16 297 (WNW) 3226 Clear Dust 01:01 37 -5 18 280 (W) 2862 Clear Dust 02:01 37 -6 13 274 (W) 2989 Clear Dust 03:01 35 -6 17 293 (WNW) 2809 Clear Dust 04:01 35 -5 14 292 (WNW) 2206 Clear Dust 05:01 33 -4 17 295 (WNW) 2492 Clear Dust 06:01 32 -1 13 344 (NNW) 2218 Clear Dust 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