Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2011 13:04:34 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20111127 From: "Gabrelle Saurage" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Sunday, November 27, 2011 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- H.Weaver H.Weaver SPICAM 17:20 23:57 S.Schmidt J.Davenport DIS 00:07 06:10 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 4.3 2.6 0 0 UW03/R 00:00 06:36 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 and windy, but still not great seeing. Variable anywhere from 1.2" - 2.5". No telescope 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:02 SPICAM 394( 42) -4 57 2.1 3.7 3.2 3.2 1.9 R 1.50 01:30 dis-slit 367( -204) 82 51 3.5 2.3 2.7 2.3 2.7 2.10 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 40 5 7 69 (ENE) 331 clear none 17:00 39 -5 17 8 (N) 95 clear none 18:00 36 -1 11 16 (NNE) 140 clear none 19:00 38 2 20 29 (NNE) 174 clear none 20:00 38 3 21 2 (N) 272 clear none 21:00 38 3 18 6 (N) 276 clear none 22:00 38 4 18 23 (NNE) 245 clear none 23:00 36 3 23 27 (NNE) 235 clear none 00:00 38 4 15 36 (NE) 212 clear none 01:00 38 2 21 21 (NNE) 180 clear none 02:00 41 2 16 27 (NNE) 158 clear none 03:00 43 3 15 30 (NNE) 103 clear none 04:00 44 4 19 38 (NE) 100 clear none 05:00 45 5 9 17 (NNE) 94 clear none 06:00 45 3 16 29 (NNE) 58 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