Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20060425 Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2006 06:49:09 -0600 (MDT) From: bketzeba@apo.nmsu.edu (Bill Ketzeback) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Tuesday, April 25, 2006 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- V.DeBattista V.DeBattista DIS 19:15 01:00 G.Gyuk A.Puckett,G.Gyuk DIS 01:00 05:24 G.Stringfellow B.Ketzeback Echelle 05:30 06:00 G.Gyuk A.Puckett,G.Gyuk DIS 06:10 06:45 INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B ---------------------------------------------------------------------- UW05/R 20:37 01:00 0 0 0 0 4.4 0 0 0 0 UC06/R 01:00 05:24 0 0 0 0 4.4 0 0 0 0 CU08/W 05:24 06:18 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: B.Ketzeback Light cirrus and another night of elevated dust. We were open to stay open all night, however with an alternate ventillation configuration that resulted in moderate to horrific seeing most of the night since the primary was several degrees warmer than air all night. ------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:32 dis-slit 280(1160) 132 71 7.4/9.3 139 20 - 1.7 22:33 dis-slit 405(1203) 5 70 9.1/7.5 169 9 - 1.4 05:45 Echelle 434(379) 213 56 5.2/5.3 148 4 nd2 1.33 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:01 58 12 7 260 (W) 2550 mstly clear dusty 17:01 59 15 19 229 (SW) 2732 mstly clear dusty 18:01 56 14 12 180 (S) 2823 mstly clear dusty 19:01 50 8 12 175 (S) 3381 mstly clear dusty 20:01 47 12 14 163 (SSE) 2943 mstly clear dusty 21:01 45 18 18 148 (SSE) 2392 mstly clear dusty 22:01 45 17 12 178 (S) 2930 mstly clear dusty 23:01 48 5 14 185 (S) 3591 mstly clear dusty 00:01 44 9 15 174 (S) 2896 mstly clear dusty 01:01 47 14 20 176 (S) 8059 mstly clear dusty 02:01 47 18 15 183 (S) 3544 mstly clear dusty 03:01 43 19 12 162 (SSE) 3144 mstly clear dusty 04:01 41 21 11 146 (SE) 3206 mstly clear dusty 05:01 41 22 14 131 (SE) 3595 mstly clear dusty 06:01 40 21 6 128 (SE) 3576 mstly clear dusty 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: 2.8.3 Current TUI version: TUI 1.1