From: Russet McMillan Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20060819 Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2006 05:48:20 -0600 (MDT) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, August 19, 2006 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- L.Walkowicz L.Walkowicz DIS --:-- --:-- M.Shin M.Shin,M.Oguri DIS --:-- --:-- INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B --------------------------------------------------------------------- UW04/R 20:40 01:10 4.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 PU02/R 01:10 05:34 2.1 2.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- 1st Half Observing Specialist: G.Saurage If it isn't high humidity, it's local radar activity. The heavy cloud cover of the early evening cleared somewhat around 11pm but the humidity was still way too high. 2nd Half Observing Specialist: R.McMillan Heavy rain started around 02:00 and didn't let up until twilight. ------- 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 55 53 13 152 (SSE) 983 mstly cldy rain 17:00 56 53 6 169 (S) 774 cloudy none 18:00 57 53 8 189 (S) 1138 cloudy humid 19:00 56 51 10 144 (SE) 978 mstly cldy humid 20:00 55 48 11 173 (S) 879 mstly cldy rain 21:00 55 49 8 187 (S) 976 ptly cldy none 22:00 55 49 13 152 (SSE) 835 ptly cldy humid 23:00 54 50 13 128 (SE) 687 mstly clr humid 00:00 53 51 13 133 (SE) 791 ptly cldy humid 01:00 55 50 17 139 (SE) 789 mstly cldy humid 02:00 54 51 9 187 (S) 956 cloudy rain 03:00 51 49 14 134 (SE) 432 cloudy lt rain 04:00 49 47 14 116 (ESE) 381 cloudy lt rain 05:00 52 45 0 156 (SSE) 514 cloudy lt rain 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