From: Russet McMillan Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20060511 Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 20:01:21 -0600 (MDT) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Thursday, May 11, 2006 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- M.Klaene R.McMillan,J.Battat, APOLLO, 22:00 22:45 E.Swanson,C.D.Hoyle S-H 02:00 03:00 INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B ---------------------------------------------------------------------- EN02/W 20:51 01:00 0 3.4 0 0 0 0.8 0 0 0 DD01/W 01:00 05:07 0 3.1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: Russet McMillan High clouds all night hampered work. I managed to get one Shack-Hartmann measurement to confirm that collimation was acceptable (it wasn't ideal, but the telescope was still a little warm at the time, and later the clouds were too thick). Ranging on the moon was not possible, but we did some in-dome work and managed with difficulty to align the IR spotting camera in thinner patches of clouds. ------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:01 60 22 17 228 (SW) 2361 ptly cldy none 17:01 62 24 13 192 (SSW) 2624 ptly cldy none 18:01 61 22 11 200 (SSW) 2551 ptly cldy none 19:01 54 22 5 186 (S) 2553 ptly cldy none 20:01 50 21 5 174 (S) 2393 ptly cldy none 21:01 49 22 11 156 (SSE) 2373 ptly cldy none 22:01 51 24 7 186 (S) 2353 ptly cldy none 23:01 50 24 6 151 (SSE) 2248 ptly cldy none 00:01 52 25 6 184 (S) 2671 ptly cldy none 01:01 52 26 4 206 (SSW) 2658 ptly cldy none 02:01 52 28 8 218 (SW) 2399 ptly cldy none 03:01 50 27 9 191 (S) 2349 ptly cldy 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: 2.8.4 Current TUI version: TUI 1.1