Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20061208 Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2006 06:44:27 -0700 (MST) From: bketzeba@apo.nmsu.edu (Bill Ketzeback) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, December 8, 2006 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- R.Plotkin R.Plotkin Nicfps --:-- --:-- A.Harper A.Harper,R.Evans Nicfps --:-- --:-- T.Murphy T.Murphy,R.McMillan APOLLO --:-- --:-- INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B --------------------------------------------------------------------- UW15/R 17:55 00:00 2.7 3.4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UC03/R 00:00 05:15 0 5.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UW19/O 05:15 05:56 0 0.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: B.Ketzeback Dewpoint depression was too close for us to open tonight. I spent the time working on a variety of TUI scripts for operations use. ------- 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------- 16:01 32 30 3 110 (ESE) 5 mstly cldy humid 17:01 32 28 15 125 (SE) 4 mstly cldy humid 18:01 32 28 15 124 (SE) 0 mstly cldy humid 19:01 31 28 16 125 (SE) 2 mstly clr humid 20:01 33 27 12 132 (SE) 3 ptly cldy humid 21:01 31 27 7 125 (SE) 2 ptly cldy humid 22:01 30 27 3 107 (ESE) 5 mstly clr humid 23:01 30 27 2 150 (SSE) 4 mstly clr humid 00:01 28 27 1 161 (SSE) 9 mstly clr humid 01:01 26 24 6 179 (S) 89 mstly clr humid 02:01 27 27 4 194 (SSW) 80 clear humid 03:01 27 27 1 193 (SSW) 22 clear humid 04:01 27 27 1 239 (WSW) 16 clear humid 05:01 31 29 10 347 (NNW) 8 clear humid 06:01 33 29 8 340 (NNW) 5 fog humid 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: 2.8.5 Current TUI version: TUI 1.2