From: Russet McMillan Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20060430 Date: Mon, 1 May 2006 06:12:12 -0600 (MDT) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Sunday, April 30, 2006 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- G.Richards G.Richards DIS 20:10 10:18 B.Lawton B.Lawton DIS 10:20 00:58 D.Bowen D.Bowen DIS 01:01 05:25 G.Stringfellow R.McMillan Echelle 05:28 05:55 INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B ---------------------------------------------------------------------- JH06/R 20:42 22:42 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 NM05/R 22:42 01:00 0 0 0 0 1.5 0.8 0 0 0 PU05/R 01:00 05:19 0 0 0 0 4.3 0 0 0 0 CU08/W 05:19 06:08 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: R.McMillan Another quiet night of clear skies and mostly good seeing. Dust was elevated first half but not beyond the point where it could be controlled with fans, and it dropped as the evening progressed. Everything worked well. ------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:19 DISslit 0(1045) 114 64 10.8/12.8 252 12 - 1.05 01:03 DISslit 25(970) 216 63 10.7/10.5 228 8 - 0.95 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:01 57 13 18 265 (W) 3414 clear none 17:01 59 14 18 253 (WSW) 3304 clear none 18:01 59 15 8 251 (WSW) 3494 clear none 19:01 57 14 16 271 (W) 3693 clear none 20:01 52 12 12 240 (WSW) 3416 clear none 21:01 53 13 15 236 (SW) 3151 clear none 22:01 52 13 15 215 (SW) 3168 clear none 23:01 52 13 13 203 (SSW) 3163 clear none 00:01 52 13 14 233 (SW) 2814 clear none 01:01 51 14 9 215 (SW) 2500 clear none 02:01 51 18 11 250 (WSW) 2376 clear none 03:01 49 17 2 349 (NNW) 2279 clear none 04:01 51 17 8 356 (N) 2293 clear none 05:01 50 22 14 39 (NE) 1846 clear none 06:01 49 24 17 19 (NNE) 1500 clear 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: 2.8.3 Current TUI version: TUI 1.1