Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20061031 Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2006 09:31:20 -0700 (MST) From: bketzeba@apo.nmsu.edu (Bill Ketzeback) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Tuesday, October 31, 2006 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- J.Bally G.Stringfellow,B.Keeney, DIS 16:10 00:00 N.Cunningham J.Holtzman R.Hamilton Echelle 00:10 01:15 DIS 01:20 08:20 INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B --------------------------------------------------------------------- CU01/O 18:08 00:00 0 0 0 0 0 5.9 0 0 0 NM05/R 00:00 05:26 0 0 0 0 3.5 1.9 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: B.Ketzeback 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 17:54 dis-slit -200(-185) 180 77 4.2 6.6 5.6 5.6 4.6 - 1.0 20:12 NA2gdr -6535(22464) 2 61 3.9 3.6 3.4 3.6 3.4 clear 0.9 00:05 Echelle -63(-934) 95 74 4.3 3.6 3.0 3.4 4.0 nd2 0.8 01:26 dis-slit -63(-131) 152 76 4.0 3.7 3.2 3.5 3.8 - 0.9 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------- 16:01 45 19 13 227 (SW) 535 clear none 17:01 41 20 15 229 (SW) 626 clear none 18:01 40 18 20 235 (SW) 643 clear none 19:01 39 20 12 217 (SW) 664 clear none 20:01 39 22 17 229 (SW) 662 clear none 21:01 40 19 15 256 (WSW) 524 clear none 22:01 40 20 17 266 (W) 589 clear none 23:01 39 21 12 267 (W) 512 clear none 00:01 40 19 18 275 (W) 554 clear none 01:01 39 19 16 282 (WNW) 692 clear none 02:01 39 17 15 298 (WNW) 686 clear none 03:01 40 14 12 290 (WNW) 612 clear none 04:01 40 14 15 295 (WNW) 559 clear none 05:01 39 13 12 302 (WNW) 536 clear none 06:01 39 13 5 323 (NW) 610 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