Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 12:11:06 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20110130 From: "Gabrelle Saurage" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Sunday, January 30, 2011 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- D.York D.York DIS 18:05 23:44 D.Syphers B.Keeney, M.Pier DIS 23:48 01:30 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- UC02/R 17:43 00:10 0 0 0 0 6.5 0 0 0 CU10/R 00:10 06:50 3.5 1.7 0 0 1.5 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: G.Saurage Mostly clear until 23:00, then came the clouds. Increased until too thick to get any data. Conditions didn't improve after that. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:21 dis-slit 316( -310) 190 66 0.6 3.5 1.9 2.2 1.7 1.45 23:57 dis-slit 220( -568) 142 55 0.4 0.0 0.2 -0.2 -0.1 1.38 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 39 9 15 251 (WSW) 376 clear none 17:00 37 9 18 225 (SW) 499 clear none 18:00 32 9 15 232 (SW) 572 clear none 19:00 33 9 20 235 (SW) 815 clear none 20:00 33 9 17 252 (WSW) 675 clear none 21:00 33 11 14 267 (W) 637 clear none 22:00 33 14 17 263 (W) 789 clear none 23:00 32 14 14 250 (WSW) 772 mstly cldy none 00:00 32 14 12 259 (W) 695 mstly cldy none 01:00 32 14 13 265 (W) 770 mstly cldy none 02:00 31 17 12 265 (W) 786 cloudy none 03:00 31 17 14 249 (WSW) 716 cloudy none 04:00 29 18 15 244 (WSW) 776 cloudy none 05:00 29 20 14 255 (WSW) 621 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: 1.8.5