Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20111122 From: alaina@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2011 12:56:14 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Tuesday, November 22, 2011 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- R.Mandelbaum D.Crichton SPICAM 17:08 23:54 A.Riess W.Bhatti DIS 00:06 06:00 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- PU03/R 17:08 00:00 0 0 0 0 6.9 0.0 0 0 JH02/R 00:00 06:32 0 0 0 0 4.8 1.8 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Shelden Night was clear with decent seeing. Power glitch during the day, enclosure collision during checkout. Otherwise uneventful night. 2nd half JH02 observers: Waqas Bhatti and David Jones ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:47 SPICAM 423( 217) -31 52 5.2 6.5 6.4 6.3 5.6 SDSS r 0.90 18:51 NA2gdr 2492(32492) -32 52 5.2 6.4 6.3 6.2 5.5 clear 1.51 19:51 SPICAM 248( -6) -50 43 4.0 5.3 5.2 4.8 4.1 SDSS i 0.81 01:16 dis-slit 400( -72) 138 76 6.2 4.5 4.7 4.6 5.1 -- 1.70 03:28 dis-slit 400( -38) 231 72 7.0 5.2 5.9 5.0 5.6 -- 0.90 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 43 13 8 28 (NNE) 258 clear none 17:00 44 2 15 25 (NNE) 96 clear none 18:00 41 4 10 5 (N) 104 clear none 19:00 39 5 8 20 (NNE) 150 clear none 20:00 41 0 14 37 (NE) 195 clear none 21:00 41 -1 18 26 (NNE) 260 clear none 22:00 43 -5 22 20 (NNE) 157 clear none 23:00 43 5 14 9 (N) 54 clear none 00:00 43 6 2 195 (SSW) 32 clear none 01:00 43 4 2 216 (SW) 20 clear none 02:00 44 2 1 103 (ESE) 39 clear none 03:00 45 2 1 208 (SSW) 39 clear none 04:00 43 4 7 121 (ESE) 37 clear none 05:00 45 1 8 180 (S) 37 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