Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20060228 Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2006 06:38:19 -0700 (MST) From: bketzeba@apo.nmsu.edu (Bill Ketzeback) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Tuesday, February 28, 2006 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- B.Woodgate G.Williger,C.Grady, GFP 17:30 00:10 G.Hilton,K.Collins R.Covarrubias R.Covarrubias 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 18:53 00:10 0 0 0 0 5.0 0.3 0 0 0 UW05/R 00:10 05:38 0 0 0 0 5.5 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: B.Ketzeback Partly cloudy skies all of first half, clearing around 2300. Skies started to see clouds again around 0500. The only problem tonight was the dis slitviewer froze up second half and required a restart of the camera software. ------- FAILURE LOG ------- PROG INST FAILURE MODE TIME (SEDFNVOG) TI/SHU START FINISH DESCRIPTION ----------------------------------------------------------------------- UW05 D I/S 03:00 03:01 dcamera froze, drivers restarted. ---------------- FOCUS LOG --------------- Air/Truss Wind Time Instrument Focus Az El Temp-C Dir MPH filt FWHM --------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:07 gfp 60(1104) 235 73 9.3/9.8 278 17 I 1.24 21:41 gfp 150(1193) 281 48 8.4/8.2 272 21 I 1.79 00:26 dis-slit 50(902) 176 52 7.8/7.6 290 30 - 1.39 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:01 56 26 11 265 (W) 197 prtly cldy cirrus 17:01 53 26 17 271 (W) 321 prtly cldy cirrus 18:01 51 26 17 267 (W) 446 prtly cldy cirrus 19:01 49 25 18 277 (W) 448 prtly cldy cirrus 20:01 48 24 21 293 (WNW) 301 prtly cldy cirrus 21:01 48 24 19 284 (WNW) 265 prtly cldy cirrus 22:01 46 24 17 270 (W) 239 mstly clr cirrus 23:01 47 22 24 284 (WNW) 254 mstly clr cirrus 00:01 46 23 17 280 (W) 305 clear none 01:01 46 22 21 281 (W) 380 clear none 02:01 45 22 20 310 (NW) 369 clear none 03:01 45 22 21 279 (W) 374 clear none 04:01 44 24 13 277 (W) 352 clear none 05:01 44 22 15 265 (W) 387 prtly cldy cirrus 06:01 43 25 14 253 (WSW) 366 prtly cldy cirrus 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 Current TUI version: TUI 1.1