Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2011 13:13:40 +0000 Subject: [35m-nightlogs] 3.5m Night Log 20111030 From: Nicholas Ule Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Sunday, October 30, 2011 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- J.Holtzman H.+ /SPICAM/Echelle18:30 01:04 J.Holtzman J.Holtzman ECHELLE 01:04 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- NM03/R 18:23 01:00 0 0 0 0 3.0 3.6 0 0 NM04/R 01:00 07:11 0 0 0 0 6.2 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: N.Ule First observer used SPICAM with the UBVRI filters (filter wheel 4), no filters4.txt file existed in spicam, so I recreated the file, perhaps there should be a backup location in case this happens again? Otherwise observing was fine. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:08 SPICAM 283( 240) 27 55 6.8 9.8 9.2 9.1 7.2 1.65 19:41 SPICAM 194( 93) 13 57 7.0 8.7 8.3 7.8 6.7 1.55 01:14 ECHELLE 372(-1003) 238 31 7.5 6.4 6.8 6.5 6.8 ND2 1.19 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 55 23 8 208 (SSW) 613 clear none 17:00 51 21 6 251 (WSW) 620 clear none 18:00 47 19 8 210 (SSW) 552 clear none 19:00 44 18 3 144 (SE) 630 clear none 20:00 45 15 5 265 (W) 572 clear none 21:00 45 16 4 294 (WNW) 632 clear none 22:00 46 16 10 312 (NW) 638 clear none 23:00 46 15 10 330 (NNW) 612 clear none 00:00 45 16 11 352 (N) 675 clear none 01:00 46 16 7 3 (N) 708 clear none 02:00 45 15 10 10 (N) 677 clear none 03:00 45 13 8 34 (NE) 548 clear none 04:00 46 12 5 10 (N) 537 clear none 05:00 45 14 7 21 (NNE) 560 clear none 06:00 44 15 6 323 (NW) 541 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