Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2006 06:04:15 -0600 (MDT) From: Jack Dembicky Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20060719 Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday, July 19, 2006 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- Q.Hart Q.Hart SPIcam 20:25 00:55 A.Bender A.Bender NICFPS 01:10 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CU02/R 21:12 01:10 0 0 0 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 CU03/R 01:10 05:08 0 0 0 0 0.6 3.4 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky A clear night with no problems (well, the NA2 guider locked up once and needed a kick, hub startNubs gcam). ------- 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 SPIcam 50(1515) 50 45 16.8/17.9 109 15 r' 0.92 20:51 NA2gdr -3624(29376) 48 46 16.8/17.7 109 12 R 1.0 01:08 NICFPS 115(1706) 202 49 15.1/15.2 85 16 Ks 1.2 01:14 NA2gdr -2794(40205) 203 48 15.2/15.2 93 18 Clear 1.3 03:38 NICFPS 105(1622) 21 65 14.9/14.6 84 12 Ks 1.1 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 18:00 67 41 1 137 (SE) 605 clear none 19:00 66 40 11 131 (SE) 642 clear none 20:00 64 40 11 97 (E) 599 clear none 21:00 62 36 14 107 (ESE) 620 clear none 22:00 61 38 13 92 (E) 753 clear none 23:00 61 38 12 87 (E) 790 Mst. Clr none 00:00 60 37 15 113 (ESE) 766 clear none 01:00 60 36 15 83 (E) 760 clear none 02:00 59 37 13 100 (E) 732 clear none 03:00 59 36 12 114 (ESE) 720 clear none 04:00 59 38 14 108 (ESE) 699 clear none 05:00 59 39 14 83 (E) 753 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