Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 05:49:58 -0600 (MDT) From: Jack Dembicky Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20060611 Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Sunday, June 11, 2006 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- C.Laws C.Laws Echelle 20:00 00:55 G.Wolf-Chase G.Wolf-Chase, M.Smutko NICFPS 00:55 05:48 INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B ---------------------------------------------------------------------- UW09/R 21:15 01:00 0 0 0 0 0 3.8 0 0 0 UC04/R 01:00 04:51 0 0 0 0 0 3.9 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky NICFPS shield was running a tad warm. I called Fred H. to let him know. No problems to report tonight. ------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:43 Echelle 26(665) -42 53 19.5/21.3 265 10 ND3 0.94 00:55 NICFPS 75(1750) 84 57 18.2/18.0 354 6 H 0.9 02:47 NICFPS 25(1665) -5 58 15.6/17.1 8 8 Ks 1.2 03:54 NICFPS 100(1745) -34 53 17.3/16.9 332 9 2.12 0.7 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 18:01 71 28 13 244 (WSW) 1259 Mst. Clr none 19:01 71 27 11 267 (W) 1448 Clear none 20:01 68 24 11 256 (WSW) 1335 Clear none 21:01 67 24 7 262 (W) 1336 Clear none 22:01 67 23 7 264 (W) 1224 Clear none 23:01 66 22 7 262 (W) 1181 Clear none 00:01 65 21 8 314 (NW) 1174 Clear none 01:01 64 20 7 355 (N) 690 Clear none 02:01 64 20 5 16 (NNE) 1001 Clear none 03:01 61 16 8 30 (NNE) 955 Clear none 04:01 64 19 3 295 (WNW) 1339 Clear none 05:01 66 23 4 266 (W) 1260 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: 2.8.4 Current TUI version: TUI 1.2