From: Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20111028 Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2011 12:55:40 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, October 28, 2011 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- D.York S.Johnson Echelle 18:35 00:55 J.Holtzman N.Mathes,D.Feuillet, DIS,Echelle 01:00 06:30 S.Markert,J.Vander Vliet, J.McKeever,J.Holtzman INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UC01/R 18:25 01:00 0 0 0 0 5.1 1.5 0 0 NM03/R 01:00 07:10 0 0 0 0 6.2 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: R.McMillan Clear skies all night and good seeing for most of it as well. Everything worked well with the exception of the echelon slitviewer filter wheel getting out of position; I repositioned it by hand and it seemed fine 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:01 ECHELLE 550( -913) 171 81 4.3 5.7 4.8 5.1 4.4 ND3 0.75 01:11 dis-slit 300( -277) 138 57 3.3 2.3 2.6 1.8 2.1 - 1.05 04:32 ECHELLE 418(-1174) 222 31 3.6 2.2 2.6 2.1 2.4 ND3 1.20 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 44 32 8 241 (WSW) 159 clear none 17:00 42 31 4 218 (SW) 166 clear none 18:00 37 31 2 204 (SSW) 167 clear none 19:00 40 18 9 19 (NNE) 126 clear none 20:00 39 18 5 46 (NE) 113 clear none 21:00 40 21 8 1 (N) 220 clear none 22:00 39 20 8 344 (NNW) 278 clear none 23:00 38 21 2 285 (WNW) 154 clear none 00:00 38 19 2 264 (W) 104 clear none 01:00 37 19 3 248 (WSW) 123 clear none 02:00 39 17 6 263 (W) 116 clear none 03:00 39 18 3 222 (SW) 102 clear none 04:00 38 18 9 214 (SW) 116 clear none 05:00 38 16 6 201 (SSW) 154 clear none 06:00 40 13 5 192 (SSW) 213 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