Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2011 12:56:32 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20111126 From: "Gabrelle Saurage" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, November 26, 2011 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- H.Weaver H.Weaver SPICAM 17:10 23:58 D.Syphers D.Syphers DIS 00:10 06:00 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- JH05/R 17:06 00:00 0 0 0 0 5.3 1.6 0 0 CU03/R 00:00 06:35 0 0 0 0 6.6 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: G.Saurage Clear skies but poor seeing. Over 2" most of the night. No problems. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:11 SPICAM 179( -429) -6 57 -3.6 -1.3 -1.5 -2.2 -3.6 R 2.41 21:58 SPICAM 240( -454) -61 36 -3.2 -3.5 -3.2 -3.6 -3.4 R 2.61 01:17 dis-slit 309( -540) 128 37 -2.8 -3.6 -3.1 -3.5 -3.2 2.65 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 28 17 8 316 (NW) 477 clear none 17:00 26 14 7 345 (NNW) 533 clear none 18:00 25 12 8 2 (N) 480 clear none 19:00 26 6 8 355 (N) 381 clear none 20:00 26 6 11 29 (NNE) 466 clear none 21:00 26 5 8 36 (NE) 451 clear none 22:00 27 1 14 8 (N) 409 clear none 23:00 27 0 6 20 (NNE) 395 clear none 00:00 27 -1 3 350 (N) 384 clear none 01:00 26 -1 7 27 (NNE) 384 clear none 02:00 27 -2 18 29 (NNE) 332 clear none 03:00 27 -1 19 7 (N) 411 clear none 04:00 29 -2 16 14 (NNE) 361 clear none 05:00 29 -2 14 31 (NNE) 229 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