Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2011 13:09:20 +0000 Subject: [35m-nightlogs] 3.5m Night Log 20111029 From: Nicholas Ule Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, October 29, 2011 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- D.York C.Grady DIS 18:19 00:52 J.Holtzman H.+ /SPICAM/Echelle01:11 05:44 W.Ketzeback N.Ule ECHELLE/TSPEC 05:46 07:10 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UC03/R 18:24 01:00 0 0 0 0 4.1 2.6 0 0 NM03/R 01:00 06:11 0 0 0 0 5.2 0.0 0 0 NM05/R 06:11 07:11 0 0 0 0 1.0 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: N.Ule Night was clear, no problems observing all night. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:54 dis-slit 433( 179) 84 71 7.9 8.8 8.2 8.5 7.3 0.98 01:47 TSPEC 375( 143) 8 78 5.6 5.3 5.8 5.3 5.2 1.30 05:52 ECHELLE 457( -978) -122 61 7.2 6.1 6.5 6.4 6.6 ND3 0.89 06:22 TSPEC 414( 231) -121 54 6.6 6.0 6.4 6.1 6.1 0.93 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 46 20 2 309 (NW) 234 clear none 17:00 46 21 0 315 (NW) 250 clear none 18:00 46 20 13 350 (N) 460 clear none 19:00 46 20 13 345 (NNW) 236 clear none 20:00 46 20 17 340 (NNW) 221 clear none 21:00 45 21 9 312 (NW) 214 clear none 22:00 44 23 12 304 (NW) 275 clear none 23:00 45 23 13 317 (NW) 307 clear none 00:00 43 24 16 352 (N) 384 clear none 01:00 43 23 5 1 (N) 357 clear none 02:00 43 23 14 25 (NNE) 354 clear none 03:00 42 23 9 25 (NNE) 458 clear none 04:00 42 19 15 14 (NNE) 543 clear none 05:00 45 14 15 31 (NNE) 109 clear none 06:00 44 10 24 31 (NNE) 132 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 e