Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2006 06:30:57 -0700 (MST) From: Jack Dembicky Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20060331 Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, March 31, 2006 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- S.Anderson S.Anderson, D.Hagand SPIcam 17:50 22:30 23:30 00:10 R.Covarrubias R.Covarrubias DIS 00:10 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- UW03/R 19:17 00:10 1.0 0 0 0 1.7 2.2 0 0 0 UW05/R 00:10 04:57 0 0 0 0 4.8 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky At 22:30 clouds got a bit too thick to guide successfuly and we paused for a while to wait for them to clear out. Re-opened around 23:30. No problems with the telescope. ------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:03 SPIcam 50(1118) 8 57 8.4/9.5 11 191 g' 0.97 19:07 NA2gdr 1822(31177) 7 57 8.3/9.4 12 189 R 0.80 23:29 SPIcam 150(1141) 105 75 9.3/8.6 16 183 g' 0.84 00:12 DISslit 150(1044) 318 54 8.8/8.7 21 183 none 1.3 00:18 NA2gdr -3787(25212) 315 53 9.4/8.7 11 184 R 0.9 05:17 Echelle -53(-84) -1 51 5.1/5.5 9 315 ND2 1.1 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:01 56 17 11 210 (SSW) 751 Pt. Cldy none 17:01 54 17 8 225 (SW) 1067 Pt. Cldy none 18:01 50 17 14 201 (SSW) 1363 Pt. Cldy none 19:01 47 16 15 204 (SSW) 1704 Pt. Cldy none 20:01 48 14 17 180 (S) 1914 Pt. Cldy none 21:01 47 14 12 188 (S) 1063 Pt. Cldy none 22:01 48 10 19 180 (S) 1102 Pt. Cldy none 23:01 49 15 18 179 (S) 949 Cloudy none 00:01 49 17 17 180 (S) 874 Mst. Clr none 01:01 48 19 14 185 (S) 974 Clear none 02:01 46 23 13 203 (SSW) 1302 Clear none 03:01 45 22 10 235 (SW) 1365 Mst. Clr none 04:01 43 24 4 272 (W) 1459 Pt. Cldy none 05:01 42 19 13 298 (WNW) 1089 Mst. Clr none 06:01 41 19 14 298 (WNW) 1141 Mst. Clr 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