Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2006 14:23:27 -0700 (MST) From: Jack Dembicky Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20061205 Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Tuesnday, December 5, 2006 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- O.Fraser K.Kinemuchi DIS 17:00 23:55 E.Agol E.Agol, L.Walkowicz DIS 23:55 08:20 C.Laws INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B --------------------------------------------------------------------- UW17/R 17:54 00:00 0 0 0 0 0 6.1 0 0 0 UW16/R 00:00 05:54 0 0 0 0 0 5.9 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky No problems tonight and seeing was fairly steady at around 1 arc sec. I adjusted focus as needed on the fly. ------- 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:04 DISslit -235(-243) -95 69 4.7 6.3 4.8 5.0 4.7 none 1.0 00:07 DISslit -75(-122) -96 58 4.6 4.1 3.5 3.7 4.2 none 1.1 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------- 16:01 41 10 5 358 (N) 166 clear none 17:01 41 -14 11 330 (NNW) 137 clear none 18:01 41 -25 10 7 (N) 103 clear none 19:01 40 -19 9 6 (N) 74 clear none 20:01 42 -14 13 332 (NNW) 180 clear none 21:01 41 -7 8 358 (N) 264 clear none 22:01 41 -9 7 336 (NNW) 258 clear none 23:01 40 -13 11 7 (N) 195 clear none 00:01 40 -9 11 7 (N) 211 clear none 01:01 39 -10 14 349 (N) 186 clear none 02:01 39 -13 9 14 (NNE) 173 clear none 03:01 38 -12 10 2 (N) 189 clear none 04:01 37 -10 11 324 (NW) 259 clear none 05:01 39 -17 7 17 (NNE) 196 clear none 06:01 39 -24 16 16 (NNE) 213 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