Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2011 13:38:55 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20110114 From: "Gabrelle Saurage" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, January 14, 2011 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- A.McKay A.McKay echelle --:-- --:-- T.Murphy R.McMillan APOLLO --:-- --:-- J.Davenport J.Davenport DIS 03:20 06:30 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- DD06/R 17:28 00:10 0 6.7 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 UW11/R 01:10 06:57 2.8 0 0 0 1.0 2.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: G.Saurage High winds kept us close most of the night. Winds finally stayed below 40 mph after 3 am. We were able to open at 3:20 am. No telescope problems. Spicam 15 min test dark taken at 06:39, heater at 169.0, file in tonight's directory. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 03:27 dis-slit 276( -649) 201 79 -2.0 -2.5 -2.1 -2.4 -2.4 2.68 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 38 13 8 60 (ENE) 312 cloudy none 17:00 36 14 4 283 (WNW) 318 mstly cldy none 18:00 34 18 26 62 (ENE) 664 ptly cldy none 19:00 32 18 25 70 (ENE) 612 ptly cldy none 20:00 31 17 36 65 (ENE) 473 clear none 21:00 30 18 33 66 (ENE) 573 clear none 22:00 28 18 27 64 (ENE) 498 clear none 23:00 28 20 37 66 (ENE) 344 clear none 00:00 27 20 30 50 (NE) 442 clear none 01:00 27 15 33 71 (ENE) 326 clear none 02:00 28 11 28 72 (ENE) 164 clear none 03:00 28 11 27 74 (ENE) 171 clear none 04:00 29 17 24 75 (ENE) 160 clear none 05:00 32 15 18 78 (ENE) 121 clear none 06:00 32 14 13 75 (ENE) 153 clear 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: 1.8.5