Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2010 11:50:43 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20101128 From: "Gabrelle Saurage" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Sunday, November 28, 2010 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- W.Bhatti W.Bhatti DIS --:-- --:-- W.Ketzeback G.Saurage TSPEC, Echelle --:-- --:-- X.Liu Y.Shen TSPEC --:-- --:-- V.Meadows S.Schmidt,V.Meadows TSPEC --:-- --:-- INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ------------------------------------------------------------------- JH02/R 17:06 23:00 5.9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UW17/R 23:00 00:03 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 PU06/R 00:03 04:37 0 4.6 0 0 0 0 0 0 UW03/R 04:37 06:37 0.2 1.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: G.Saurage High winds and dust most of first half transitioning into high humidity and snow. Ran the snow program and roof heaters. Got about an inch of snow but with high winds its in drifts. Parked dome facing South. ------- 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 35 7 31 263 (W) 9667 mstly clr dust 17:00 32 6 25 256 (WSW) 7525 mstly clr dust 18:00 30 7 31 274 (W) 9294 mstly clr dust 19:00 28 9 26 273 (W) 10033 mstly clr dust 20:00 26 12 30 280 (W) 12334 mstly clr dust 21:00 25 16 21 266 (W) 3934 mstly clr dust 22:00 23 19 30 279 (W) 2585 cloudy none 23:00 22 20 26 255 (WSW) 908 cloudy lt snow 00:00 20 19 17 274 (W) 2088 cloudy humid 01:00 18 15 14 307 (NW) 1297 cloudy lt snow 02:00 18 12 18 279 (W) 2014 cloudy none 03:00 17 9 11 293 (WNW) 779 cloudy none 04:00 17 8 16 271 (W) 1261 cloudy 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