Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20060426 Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 06:46:25 -0600 (MDT) From: bketzeba@apo.nmsu.edu (Bill Ketzeback) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday, April 26, 2006 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- Q.Hart Q.Hart SPIcam 19:15 00:45 D.Bowen D.Bowen DIS 01:00 05:25 G.Stringfellow B.Ketzeback Echelle 05:30 06:10 INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CU03/R 20:38 01:00 0 0 0 0 4.4 0 0 0 0 PU05/R 01:00 05:23 0 0 0 0 4.4 0 0 0 0 CU08/W 05:23 06:17 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: B.Ketzeback Mostly clear night, slightly elevated dust levels. 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:36 SPIcam 275(1227) 186 58 9.4/10.3 121 13 r 1.2 21:03 SPIcam 0(1101) 14 55 9.1/10.1 110 12 r 0.95 21:05 NA2gdr -2468(30532) 14 55 9.1/10.0 113 11 clear 1.25 00:10 SPIcam 100(1128) -32 70 10.2/9.3 131 19 r 0.8 01:10 dis-slit -25(898) -147 55 9.8/9.5 145 16 - 1.1 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:01 63 21 14 186 (S) 1962 clear none 17:01 61 20 13 192 (SSW) 2111 clear dust 18:01 56 21 20 181 (S) 2077 clear dust 19:01 53 22 6 193 (SSW) 1922 clear none 20:01 50 22 19 132 (SE) 2125 clear dust 21:01 48 22 11 111 (ESE) 1958 clear none 22:01 48 24 15 125 (SE) 1952 clear none 23:01 50 24 21 126 (SE) 1842 clear none 00:01 50 23 18 137 (SE) 1868 clear none 01:01 50 23 17 145 (SE) 1839 clear none 02:01 49 27 16 142 (SE) 2011 clear none 03:01 49 26 21 150 (SSE) 1881 clear none 04:01 49 33 14 169 (SSE) 2317 clear dust 05:01 48 35 21 152 (SSE) 2409 clear dust 06:01 46 36 17 171 (S) 2624 clear dust 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