From ops@s2mass.ctio.noao.edu Mon Nov 22 15:00:34 1999
Date: Sun, 21 Nov 1999 09:21:04 GMT
From: Operations Mgr <ops@s2mass.ctio.noao.edu>
To: skrutski@north.astro.umass.edu, stiening@cannon.astro.umass.edu,
     ehwd@kutath.astro.umass.edu, roc@ipac.caltech.edu, davy@ipac.caltech.edu,
     gizis@stratford.astro.umass.edu, osaa@ctios2.ctio.noao.edu,
     gbrehmer@ctios2.ctio.noao.edu, pugarte@ctios2.ctio.noao.edu




Observing Log for Night # 996  (Nov, 21/1999 UT)

Observer: J. Vasquez

Weather Conditions:         22:00  The sky is totally clear
                            00:12  All clear
                            01-04  Clear
                            06-09  Clear 

 
Moon Phase: Waxing gibbous with 96% of the Moon's visible disk illuminated


Eyeball quality estimates:  22:00  Photometric
                            00:12  Photometric
                            01-04  Photometric
                            06-09  Photometric
 

Notes:

GMT    Scan   Comment
20:00         Si2mass, rebooting, purge, chkpurge
22:40         Open Dome and turn on the Fan
22:50         Camera filled in 7 minutes
22:50         Cts= -190 all
              Air conditioning is off
              new log 
23:00         Start_up
23:03         tt=15.3     focus=966 
23:10         turn off the Fan and the doors is opened
              Evening Flat:
23:16   001   tt=15.0   ht=15.1 at=14.3 h=35   bkg=12868,25718,-25756
23:44   005   tt=14.2   ht=13.2 at=13.5 h=27   bkg=17260, 8636,  2690
23:59   007   tt=13.9   ht=12.5 at=13.4 h=28   bkg= 1370, 2115,  2025
00:06         Halt schedule
              Pointing calibration
00:11   008   tt=13.7   ht=12.0 at=13.5 h=29   bkg=945,2305,2150
00:20   014   tt=13.6   ht=11.6 at=13.4 h=31   bkg=912,2857,2408
        017   frame=20 a bright star (giant)
00:56   019   tt=12.9   ht=11.2 at=13.4 h=37   bkg=745,2995,2416
01:20   024   tt=12.5   ht=10.8 at=13.0 h=38   bkg=628,2577,2281
        029   frame=237 a galaxy
01:49   031   tt=12.2   ht=10.4 at=12.8 h=42   bkg=660,2942,2463
        032   frame=60 a galaxy
              meteor in frame 183
02:48   044   tt=11.8   ht=10.2 at=11.7 h=42   bkg=553,2365,2249
03:02   046   tt=11.6   ht= 9.7 at=12.3 h=42   bkg=554,2271,2212
03:34   052   tt=11.3   ht= 9.5 at=12.3 h=43   bkg=484,1827,1989
04:08   060   tt=11.1   ht= 9.4 at=12.0 h=45   bkg=575,2554,2259
04:38   065   tt=10.9   ht= 9.2 at=11.6 h=46   bkg=549,2368,2202
05:21   075   tt=10.4   ht= 8.8 at=11.3 h=47   bkg=470,2083,2038
        074   a bright star in frame=244
05:49   082   tt=10.1   ht= 8.2 at=11.0 h=47   bkg=445,1883,1895  
06:13   087   tt=10.0   ht= 8.1 at=10.9 h=48   bkg=496,2262,2079
06:48   095   tt= 9.6   ht= 7.7 at=10.4 h=50   bkg=407,1676,1798
        098   in frame 68 a big meteor
07:13   100   tt= 9.4   ht= 7.7 at= 9.6 h=55   bkg=429,1911,1873
07:49   109   tt= 9.6   ht= 8.9 at=10.3 h=47   bkg=355,1433,1688
08:19   114   tt= 9.9   ht=10.0 at=10.1 h=48   bkg=361,1450,1726
09:03         Cts= -190 all
09:05   123   Dark Frame
09:20         Camera filled in 7 minutes
              Air conditioning is on
              The data tape was written in Compressed format