Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20060620 Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 06:03:44 -0600 (MDT) From: bketzeba@apo.nmsu.edu (Bill Ketzeback) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Tuesday, June 20, 2006 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------ J.Dalcanton J.Dalcanton SPIcam --:-- --:-- L.Walkowicz L.Walkowicz DIS 02:40 03:40 T.Murphy T.Murphy,E.Michelsen APOLLO 03:50 06:00 INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B ---------------------------------------------------------------------- DD05/R 21:18 01:00 3.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UW10/R 01:00 03:47 1.5 0.3 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 UW08/O 03:47 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 Most of the night we chased sucker holes with no luck of getting any data. Finally at 02:40 it cleared enough that observations could be done. No problems other than weather 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 21:43 NA2gdr -4300(30800) 237 41 18.8/21.1 86 8 R+nd2 0.86 01:13 dis-slit 110(1426) 253 60 18.1/18.8 177 10 - 1.26 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 70 33 17 80 (E) 2719 ptly cldy dust 17:00 69 34 15 84 (E) 2144 ptly cldy dust 18:00 69 33 8 117 (ESE) 2136 ptly cldy dust 19:00 70 31 5 168 (SSE) 2424 mstly cldy dust 20:00 66 32 12 27 (NNE) 3555 cloudy dust 21:00 66 31 9 75 (ENE) 4082 cloudy none 22:00 66 31 6 98 (E) 3638 cloudy none 23:00 65 31 8 131 (SE) 3189 cloudy none 00:00 67 28 7 191 (S) 2107 cloudy none 01:00 66 28 10 168 (SSE) 1810 mstly cldy none 02:00 63 34 8 177 (S) 1790 ptly cldy none 03:00 62 32 9 178 (S) 2031 mstly clr none 04:00 62 32 8 195 (SSW) 2224 clear none 05:00 61 33 5 192 (SSW) 2320 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