Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 05:17:44 -0700 (MST) From: Jack Dembicky Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20060316 Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Thursday, March 16, 2006 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- G.Stringfellow G.Stringfellow Echelle --:-- --:-- X.Fan X.Fan NICFPS --:-- --:-- G.Wallerstein G.Wallerstein Echelle --:-- --:-- INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CU08/R 19:05 00:10 0.9 4.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 PU06/R 00:10 04:48 0 4.6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UW13/R 04:48 05:18 0 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky Clouds all night long. I took a set of High DIS R/B spectra (not calibrated, std. grating settings) for Russet to look at to see how the Blue side looks after the recent pumpdown (/export/images/Q1APO/UT060317/dcheck.0005) ------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:01 50 15 13 211 (SSW) 507 Cloudy none 17:01 47 14 18 212 (SSW) 778 Cloudy none 18:01 45 12 15 211 (SSW) 801 Cloudy none 19:01 45 13 13 200 (SSW) 882 Cloudy none 20:01 44 13 11 214 (SW) 889 Cloudy none 21:01 45 13 13 180 (S) 1241 Cloudy none 22:01 45 12 15 174 (S) 1405 Cloudy none 23:01 41 14 20 150 (SSE) 2273 Cloudy none 00:01 41 14 18 145 (SE) 2782 Cloudy none 01:01 40 13 19 151 (SSE) 2615 Cloudy none 02:01 41 14 16 151 (SSE) 2061 Cloudy none 03:01 41 16 11 171 (S) 1991 Cloudy none 04:01 43 14 14 179 (S) 1522 Cloudy none 05:01 42 15 9 183 (S) 1121 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 1.2a1