Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 06:22:45 -0700 (MST) From: Jack Dembicky Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20060328 Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Tuesday, March 28, 2006 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- B.Moorthy B.Moorthy DIS 21:20 06:15 INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B ---------------------------------------------------------------------- UW13/R 19:14 05:02 2.1 0 0 0 7.7 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky Clouds, Lt. Snow kept us shut until around 21:15. Not much accumulation. We were open the rest of the night with no problems. ------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 21:35 DISSlit -150(443) -26 78 2.3/3.1 17 232 none 1.0 21:46 NA2gdr -11881(19218) -36 77 2.4/2.8 17 240 R+ND2 0.81 00:39 DISslit -35(538) 133 76 3.1/2.4 14 270 none 1.0 00:47 NA2gdr -7500(535) 136 77 3.5/2.4 18 253 clear 1.2 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:01 39 31 28 235 (SW) 1678 Cloudy Lt. Snow 17:01 36 31 22 256 (WSW) 1892 Cloudy Lt. Snow 18:01 33 31 15 278 (W) 1517 Cloudy Lt. Snow 19:01 32 32 9 261 (W) 1405 Cloudy Lt. Snow 20:01 34 29 19 208 (SSW) 1839 Cloudy none 21:01 34 28 17 222 (SW) 1984 Lt. Cirrus none 22:01 37 24 17 249 (WSW) 1946 Lt. Cirrus none 23:01 37 24 15 242 (WSW) 1973 Lt. Cirrus none 00:01 38 24 16 243 (WSW) 1406 Clear none 01:01 39 24 18 251 (WSW) 1099 Clear none 02:01 38 24 19 254 (WSW) 1419 Clear none 03:01 37 26 18 236 (SW) 735 Clear none 04:01 37 26 18 246 (WSW) 724 Lt. Cirrus none 05:01 37 25 15 238 (WSW) 737 Lt. Cirrus none 06:01 36 25 21 229 (SW) 862 Cirrus 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