Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2006 04:30:47 -0600 (MDT) From: Jack Dembicky Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20061023 Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Monday, October 23, 2006 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- A.Mukadam A.Mukadam DIS 18:20 22:00 R.Covarrubias R.Covarrubius DIS --:-- --:-- INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B --------------------------------------------------------------------- Uw05/R 19:15 01:10 3.2 0 0 0 2.7 0 0 0 0 NM07/R 01:10 06:20 5.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky Managed to lock up the NA2 guider (took exposure but it froze) at 19:28 Restarted gcamera and gcam which fixed the lockup. We closed due to clouds around 22:30, the observer wasn't really getting anything useful though since 22:00. We never re-opened and radar/satellite was showing a large mass moving towards us by 04:00, so we threw the towel in. ------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:17 DIS -150(71) 75 20 8.0 10.8 9.3 9.1 8.5 -- 1.6 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------- 16:01 51 31 2 205 (SSW) 299 Cirrus none 17:01 55 32 6 232 (SW) 278 Cirrus none 18:01 50 17 5 211 (SSW) 36 Cirrus none 19:01 48 27 0 203 (SSW) 306 Cirrus none 20:01 47 22 2 186 (S) 217 Cirrus none 21:01 47 14 3 258 (WSW) 100 Mst. Cldy none 22:01 47 23 2 211 (SSW) 205 Cloudy none 23:01 50 8 5 266 (W) 92 Cloudy none 00:01 48 17 3 241 (WSW) 192 Cloudy none 01:01 46 35 8 199 (SSW) 432 Cloudy none 02:01 46 32 4 176 (S) 559 Cloudy none 03:01 46 38 7 196 (SSW) 623 Cloudy none 04:01 46 39 8 194 (SSW) 709 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: 2.8.4 Current TUI version: TUI 1.2