Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2006 05:54:01 -0700 (MST) From: Jack Dembicky Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20060301 Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday, March 1, 2006 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- M.Oguri M.Oguri DIS 23:10 00:10 P.Yoachim P.Yoachim DIS 00:10 01:50 INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B ---------------------------------------------------------------------- PU04/R 18:54 00:10 2.8 1.4 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 UW06/R 00:10 05:37 3.8 0 0 0 1.7 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky Clouds kept us closed most of the night. We did manage to get 3 hrs of science though. ------- FAILURE LOG ------- PROG INST FAILURE MODE TIME (SEDFNVOG) TI/SHU START FINISH DESCRIPTION ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------- FOCUS LOG --------------- Air/Truss Wind Time Instrument Focus Az El Temp-C Dir MPH filt FWHM --------------------------------------------------------------------- 23:10 DIS -25(779) 139 76 7.8/7.8 214 10 none 1.1 23:16 NA2gdr -4521(24478) 141 76 8.1/7.8 221 10 R 0.8 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:01 52 25 21 265 (W) 818 Cloudy none 17:01 49 25 9 259 (W) 643 Cloudy none 18:01 48 25 13 265 (W) 730 Cloudy none 19:01 47 25 9 325 (NW) 668 Cloudy none 20:01 47 25 13 313 (NW) 611 Cloudy none 21:01 45 25 6 330 (NNW) 684 Cloudy none 22:01 44 28 6 1 (N) 761 Cloudy none 23:01 46 26 8 221 (SW) 680 Pt. Cldy none 00:01 45 28 6 280 (W) 603 Pt. Cldy none 01:01 45 27 5 250 (WSW) 712 Pt. Cldy none 02:01 46 27 8 224 (SW) 675 Cloudy none 03:01 43 30 7 269 (W) 741 Cloudy none 04:01 43 30 5 261 (W) 708 Cloudy none 05:01 42 30 3 220 (SW) 901 Cloudy 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 Current TUI version: TUI 1.1