Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2006 06:43:39 -0600 (MDT) From: Jack Dembicky Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20061001 Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Sunday, October 1, 2006 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- T.Murphy R.McMillan APOLLO 18:35 20:08 N.Silvestri N.Silvestri NICFPS 20:08 01:06 J.Holtzman J.Dembicky DIS 01:06 06:42 INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B --------------------------------------------------------------------- DD04/O 19:41 20:11 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 0 0 0 UW14/R 20:11 01:10 0 0 0 0 0 5.0 0 0 0 NM04/O 01:10 06:05 0 0 0 0 4.4 0.5 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky SPIcam temp at checkout 184K, 181K at end of night. The mirror cover near the switches on the telescope had problems opening/closing remotely (would stick open or partial close). No problems otherwise. ------- FAILURE LOG ------- PROG INST FAILURE MODE TIME (SEDFNVOG) TI/SHU START FINISH DESCRIPTION ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------- FOCUS LOG --------------- Time Instrument Focus Az El Temp Strc Prim Sec Air filt FWHM ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:57 APOLLO -300(975) 23 28 12.9 16.5 15.7 15.6 13.9 -- 1.0 20:56 NICFPS -175(465) 63 67 11.8 13.4 12.5 13.3 12.7 J 0.8 21:00 NA2gdr -140(42860) 61 68 11.9 13.4 12.5 13.4 12.7 R 0.9 22:53 NICFPS -75(573) -15 49 13.1 12.9 12.3 13.1 13.0 H 0.8 01:2 DISslit -25(67) -39 45 12.9 12.6 11.8 12.3 12.7 -- 1.1 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------- 16:00 61 24 12 268 (W) 406 Cirrus none 17:00 64 29 11 260 (W) 556 Cirrus none 18:00 60 27 4 269 (W) 492 Cirrus none 19:00 54 24 7 261 (W) 493 Cirrus none 20:00 56 21 5 262 (W) 434 clear none 21:00 53 24 7 259 (W) 507 clear none 22:00 56 23 6 253 (WSW) 527 clear none 23:00 56 25 5 240 (WSW) 563 clear none 00:00 56 24 7 246 (WSW) 526 clear none 01:00 53 25 8 260 (W) 555 clear none 02:00 55 24 6 255 (WSW) 477 clear none 03:00 55 25 6 238 (WSW) 575 clear none 04:00 55 26 6 265 (W) 513 clear none 05:00 54 26 2 194 (SSW) 524 clear none 06:00 55 25 6 275 (W) 541 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: 2.8.4 Current TUI version: TUI 1.2