From: Russet McMillan Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20060327 Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 05:28:23 -0700 (MST) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Monday, March 27, 2006 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- M.Strauss M.Shin DIS --:-- --:-- K.Chiu K.Chiu NIC 02:15 05:00 INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B ---------------------------------------------------------------------- PU06/R 19:14 00:10 4.9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 JH02/R 00:10 05:03 3.4 0.1 0 0 1.5 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: R.McMillan Clouds and dust first half, clouds and humidity second half. Often the conditions were just barely borderline, but they didn't stabilize enough to be safe until after midnight. Even once the dome was open, less than half the time was useful because of clouds. ------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 02:28 NIC 150(1200) 99 51 2.8/2.8 146 15 Y 1.4 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:01 45 16 1 211 (SSW) 1330 cloudy none 17:01 45 15 5 217 (SW) 1528 cloudy none 18:01 39 19 11 88 (E) 2242 cloudy none 19:01 37 20 13 90 (E) 2582 cloudy none 20:01 36 20 8 96 (E) 3044 ptly cldy none 21:01 37 20 8 87 (E) 3505 ptly cldy none 22:01 36 21 0 165 (SSE) 4182 mstly cldy none 23:01 37 22 4 180 (S) 3443 mstly cldy none 00:01 40 24 21 179 (S) 2325 mstly cldy none 01:01 37 31 15 149 (SSE) 2508 mstly cldy none 02:01 37 30 13 157 (SSE) 2342 ptly cldy none 03:01 39 28 12 180 (S) 1904 mstly cldy none 04:01 39 30 16 176 (S) 1843 mstly cldy none 05:01 39 25 12 182 (S) 1602 ptly cldy 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: 2.8.2 Current TUI version: TUI 1.1