Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20111024 From: alaina@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2011 12:55:15 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Monday, October 24, 2011 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- R.Mandelbaum M.Gralla SPICAM --:-- --:-- S.Gezari S.Gezari DIS 04:10 06:45 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- PU03/R 18:29 01:00 6.5 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 JH06/R 01:00 07:07 4.2 0 0 0 0.6 1.3 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Shelden R.McMillan (remote) Most of the night was lost to stormy weather and rain. Stripchart-mac froze during the night. I rebooted it. Dis slitmasks were redone. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 04:15 dis-slit 87( -145) -39 49 8.6 8.8 9.9 8.8 8.4 -- 1.20 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 56 25 17 213 (SSW) 1335 cloudy none 17:00 54 27 9 265 (W) 1218 cloudy none 18:00 52 29 12 256 (WSW) 1263 cloudy none 19:00 52 32 6 180 (S) 1317 cloudy none 20:00 52 32 14 237 (WSW) 1506 cloudy none 21:00 53 32 19 239 (WSW) 1348 cloudy none 22:00 52 32 15 222 (SW) 1154 cloudy lt rain 23:00 47 32 16 265 (W) 1154 cloudy humid 00:00 44 31 14 298 (WNW) 607 cloudy humid 01:00 46 31 22 215 (SW) 1019 cloudy humid 02:00 46 31 17 235 (SW) 525 cloudy none 03:00 48 31 16 264 (W) 518 ptly cldy none 04:00 47 31 13 265 (W) 487 clear none 05:00 48 31 14 274 (W) 502 clear none 06:00 46 31 11 266 (W) 580 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: 2.15.0 Current TUI version: 1.9.3