Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 05:24:21 -0600 (MDT) From: Jack Dembicky Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20060628 Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday, June 28, 2006 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- S.Anderson S.Anderson SPIcam 19:35 22:30 22:50 00:45 S.Snedden V.Malanushenko DIS 01:05 05:00 O.Malanushenko INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B ---------------------------------------------------------------------- UW03/R 21:19 01:00 0 0.3 0 0 2.1 1.3 0 0 0 DD06/O 01:00 04:54 0 0 0 0 3.9 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky Boarderline humidity for the first half of the night. It went over the limits around 22:30 and I opted to close the mirror covers (no threat of precip). ------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 21:01 SPIcam 50(1226) 110 58 10.4/11.8 98 11 g' 0.84 21:03 NA2gdr -2987(30012) 110 58 10.4/11.8 92 8 R 0.67 01:06 DISslit 150(1233) 290 33 12.2/10.6 76 3 none 1.3 01:22 NA2gdr -4953(24046) 287 30 12.0/10.5 69 3 R 0.9 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 51 46 11 108 (ESE) 504 Cloudy Lt. Rain 17:00 55 45 7 103 (ESE) 432 Mst. Cldy none 18:00 56 46 7 106 (ESE) 526 Pt. Cldy none 19:00 56 48 10 125 (SE) 499 Pt. Cldy none 20:00 53 47 7 82 (E) 567 Mst. Clr none 21:00 51 45 8 101 (E) 472 clear none 22:00 50 45 10 100 (E) 568 clear none 23:00 51 45 9 86 (E) 652 clear none 00:00 51 44 8 108 (ESE) 655 clear none 01:00 53 39 6 83 (E) 477 clear none 02:00 53 42 1 4 (N) 511 clear none 03:00 54 43 2 160 (SSE) 490 clear none 04:00 52 41 0 131 (SE) 506 clear none 05:00 51 45 1 251 (WSW) 527 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