Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20060310 Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2006 06:14:10 -0700 (MST) From: bketzeba@apo.nmsu.edu (Bill Ketzeback) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, March 10, 2006 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- D.York D.York Echelle 23:30 00:10 Y.Lin Y.Lin SPIcam 00:20 03:30 INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B ---------------------------------------------------------------------- UC08/R 19:01 00:10 0 4.9 0 0 0 0.5 0 0 0 PU03/O 00:10 05:26 0.5 2.0 0 0 0 2.7 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: B.Ketzeback Dust, high winds and clouds kept us closed until 23:30. Clouds again thickened around 03:30 and we closed. We did not reopen. ------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 00:36 SPIcam -100(454) 199 52 -3.4/-2.8 263 20 i 1.7 00:42 NA2gdr -7344(27755) 202 50 -3.4/-3.0 265 21 R+nd2 1.32 01:30 SPIcam 50(543) 180 57 -3.8/-3.9 256 21 z 1.59 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:01 38 12 41 249 (WSW) 5334 cloudy windy, dust 17:01 36 13 33 252 (WSW) 4206 cloudy windy, dust 18:01 33 11 36 250 (WSW) 5328 cloudy windy, dust 19:01 32 14 35 256 (WSW) 5632 cloudy windy, dust 20:01 32 17 13 244 (WSW) 3669 cloudy windy, dust 21:01 31 16 24 249 (WSW) 5324 cloudy windy, dust 22:01 30 18 29 251 (WSW) 5179 cloudy windy, dust 23:01 28 17 26 256 (WSW) 2865 cloudy windy, dust 00:01 27 18 18 251 (WSW) 2932 clear dust 01:01 26 18 21 248 (WSW) 2699 clear dust 02:01 26 17 24 250 (WSW) 2411 clear dust 03:01 25 18 20 261 (W) 2454 clear dust 04:01 24 19 18 256 (WSW) 2513 cloudy dust, humid 05:01 24 20 20 260 (W) 2225 cloudy dust, humid 06:01 24 21 23 250 (WSW) 2187 cloudy dust, 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 Current TUI version: TUI 1.1