Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20060618 Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2006 06:15:52 -0600 (MDT) From: bketzeba@apo.nmsu.edu (Bill Ketzeback) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Sunday, June 18, 2006 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------ R.Covarrubias R.Covarrubias DIS 20:15 00:55 G.Stringfellow G.Stringfellow SPIcam 01:10 03:45 T.Murphy T.Murphy,R.McMillan, APOLLO 03:50 06:15 E.Michelsen INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B ---------------------------------------------------------------------- UW02/R 21:18 01:00 0 0 0 0 3.7 0 0 0 0 CU08/R 01:00 03:46 0 0 0 0 0.5 2.3 0 0 0 UW08/O 03:46 04:52 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 1.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: B.Ketzeback Clear night with excellent seeing until 11pm when the wind shifted to the east. No problems 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:54 dis-slit 90(1541) 154 75 19.7/22.8 213 7 - 0.94 21:06 dis-slit 90(1532) 230 68 20.2/22.2 241 5 - 0.77 01:21 SPIcam -10(1326) 232 71 15.7/16.5 137 19 V 1.47 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 79 32 14 308 (NW) 1404 clear none 17:00 77 33 13 237 (WSW) 1291 clear none 18:00 77 32 9 257 (WSW) 1269 clear none 19:00 74 30 10 269 (W) 1173 clear none 20:00 70 25 6 240 (WSW) 1171 clear none 21:00 68 23 8 218 (SW) 1225 clear none 22:00 68 24 10 204 (SSW) 1336 clear none 23:00 67 23 11 181 (S) 1753 clear none 00:00 62 37 21 134 (SE) 1691 clear none 01:00 61 41 21 139 (SE) 3119 clear none 02:00 60 43 21 139 (SE) 4094 clear none 03:00 61 41 19 148 (SSE) 5587 clear none 04:00 61 39 15 156 (SSE) 4961 clear none 05:00 61 33 9 171 (S) 3785 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