Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20061030 Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2006 06:34:52 -0700 (MST) From: bketzeba@apo.nmsu.edu (Bill Ketzeback) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Monday, October 30, 2006 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- T.Murphy R.McMillan APOLLO 18:04 18:35 N.Silvestri N.Silvestri DIS 19:00 00:00 H.Lampeitl B.Ketzeback DIS 00:20 06:20 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 18:09 18:39 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 0.1 0 0 UW13/R 18:39 00:00 0 0 0 0 0 5.4 0 0 0 JH03/W 00:00 05:26 0 0 0 0 4.7 0.8 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: B.Ketzeback APOLLO got no returns this evening. A line of precip passed through the area at Sunset but it was clear 30 minutes after sunset and we were able to open. All went well tonight. No problems to report. ------- 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 18:56 dis-slit -125(-143) 187 78 4.6 5.1 4.5 4.8 4.6 - 0.98 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------- 16:01 47 27 15 259 (W) 289 mstly cldy none 17:01 41 26 20 268 (W) 459 mstly cldy lt rain 18:01 41 22 13 268 (W) 532 ptly cldy none 19:01 41 19 14 285 (WNW) 423 clear none 20:01 40 19 8 271 (W) 414 clear none 21:01 39 18 12 302 (WNW) 503 clear none 22:01 39 21 16 316 (NW) 467 clear none 23:01 38 22 7 358 (N) 481 clear none 00:01 39 20 4 353 (N) 524 clear none 01:01 40 9 8 360 (N) 624 clear none 02:01 39 8 9 350 (N) 590 clear none 03:01 40 8 12 314 (NW) 481 clear none 04:01 40 6 10 323 (NW) 443 clear none 05:01 40 5 11 312 (NW) 502 clear none 06:01 39 9 4 1 (N) 570 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