Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2010 13:43:36 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20101124 From: "Gabrelle Saurage" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday, November 24, 2010 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- S.Schmidt S.Schmidt TSPEC 17:12 22:00 W.Ketzeback G.Saurage TSPEC, Echelle --:-- --:-- J.Carlberg J.Carlberg Echelle --:-- --:-- V.Meadows S.Schmidt,V.Meadows TSPEC 04:24 06:36 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- UW11/R 17:07 23:55 0 2.0 0 0 2.7 2.2 0 0 DD02/W 23:55 01:00 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UV03/R 01:00 04:37 0 3.6 0 0 0 0 0 0 UW03/R 04:37 06:34 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: G.Saurage Clouds built up during first half until it was completely overcast. These conditions did not let up until twilight. ------- FAILURE LOG ------- PROG INST FAILURE MODE TIME (SEDFNVOG) TI/SHU START FINISH DESCRIPTION ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------- FOCUS LOG --------------- Time Instrument Focus Az El Temp Strc Prim Sec Air filt FWHM -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 37 1 26 261 (W) 545 mstly clr none 17:00 36 1 21 244 (WSW) 618 mstly clr none 18:00 34 1 24 274 (W) 767 mstly clr none 19:00 34 1 19 261 (W) 467 mstly clr none 20:00 33 2 22 258 (WSW) 520 mstly clr none 21:00 33 2 19 253 (WSW) 487 ptly cldy none 22:00 33 3 18 266 (W) 458 cloudy none 23:00 33 3 20 260 (W) 451 cloudy none 00:00 32 4 21 271 (W) 460 cloudy none 01:00 31 4 27 251 (WSW) 400 cloudy none 02:00 31 4 17 260 (W) 433 cloudy none 03:00 30 7 20 264 (W) 506 cloudy none 04:00 29 7 19 268 (W) 443 cloudy none 05:00 28 7 16 274 (W) 467 ptly cldy none 06:00 26 9 24 263 (W) 527 ptly cldy 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: 2.14.0 Current TUI version: 1.8.4