Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 10:27:44 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20100419 From: "Gabrelle Saurage" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Monday, April 19, 2010 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- G.Stringfellow G.Stringfellow TSPEC --:-- --:-- J.Wisniewski J.Wisniewski NICFPS --:-- --:-- INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- CU07/R 19:45 01:07 0.1 5.4 0 0 0 0 0 0 UW04/R 01:07 06:19 5.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: G.Saurage Overcast, raining on and off, fog or high humidity most of the night. Twice tonight Obs 1 had a message on the screen that the machine need to be restarted. Both times, I was not working on Obs 1 when the message popped up. ------- 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 46 38 15 216 (SW) 1350 cloudy none 17:00 42 36 11 228 (SW) 1499 cloudy none 18:00 40 37 14 219 (SW) 1703 cloudy lt rain 19:00 40 35 7 183 (S) 2361 cloudy rain 20:00 38 37 12 213 (SSW) 30048 cloudy fog 21:00 37 37 12 218 (SW) 3998 cloudy lt rain 22:00 38 38 9 224 (SW) 4783 cloudy fog 23:00 37 36 7 223 (SW) 2355 cloudy humid 00:00 38 37 4 262 (W) 2114 cloudy humid 01:00 39 36 2 262 (W) 2191 cloudy humid 02:00 38 36 9 300 (WNW) 2223 cloudy humid 03:00 37 35 8 353 (N) 2446 cloudy humid 04:00 38 36 13 330 (NNW) 2243 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: 2.11.1 Current TUI version: 1.7.1