Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20060813 Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2006 06:50:17 -0600 (MDT) From: bketzeba@apo.nmsu.edu (Bill Ketzeback) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Sunday, August 13, 2006 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- M.Mottini M.Mottini,G.Wallerstein Echelle --:-- --:-- A.Harper A.Harper,R.Evans Nicfps --:-- --:-- INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B --------------------------------------------------------------------- UW12/R 20:48 01:10 1.7 2.6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UC03/R 01:10 05:29 0 4.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialists: B.Ketzeback Overcast skies and nearby radar returns kept us closed until midnight, then humidity prevented our opening the remainder of the night. I worked on a IDL program all night. ------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------- 16:00 63 49 2 235 (SW) 443 cloudy none 17:00 62 54 8 201 (SSW) 635 cloudy none 18:00 61 51 7 176 (S) 610 cloudy none 19:00 60 50 6 181 (S) 525 cloudy none 20:00 57 50 5 259 (W) 478 cloudy none 21:00 58 50 12 184 (S) 607 cloudy none 22:00 57 50 9 186 (S) 626 cloudy none 23:00 56 51 7 180 (S) 606 cloudy humid 00:00 56 52 5 192 (SSW) 583 cloudy humid 01:00 55 52 6 181 (S) 584 cloudy humid 02:00 55 51 6 150 (SSE) 575 mstly cldy humid 03:00 54 51 7 144 (SE) 570 mstly cldy humid 04:00 55 52 7 173 (S) 613 cloudy humid 05:00 54 51 9 179 (S) 633 cloudy humid 06:00 54 52 10 191 (S) 598 cloudy humid 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