Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20111129 From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2011 12:56:53 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Tuesday, November 29, 2011 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- T.Murphy R.McMillan APOLLO 17:05 18:07 B.Woodgate B.Woodgate, D.Linder, GFP 18:07 23:41 M.McElwain D.York C.Grady DIS 23:41 06:40 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UW12/R 17:06 18:06 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.0 0 0 DD03/R 18:06 00:00 0 0 0 0 2.2 3.7 0 0 UC03/R 00:00 06:38 0 0 0 0 6.6 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky GFP: Best focus 275um in image mode with 0.65 arc sec seeing Best focus 275mm in lenslet array with 0.94 arc sec seeing no problems tonight. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:08 APOLLO 250( 612) -24 39 3.0 6.4 5.6 5.9 3.8 -- 1.50 20:29 GFP 325( -16) 60 83 5.0 4.2 4.3 4.0 4.0 6622A 0.69 23:00 GFP 275( -78) 41 80 5.2 3.9 4.4 4.0 4.3 6622A 1.00 23:19 GFP 300( -50) 16 82 5.4 4.0 4.5 4.0 4.4 4700A 1.20 00:59 dis-slit 331( -159) -18 55 4.6 3.9 4.4 3.9 4.1 -- 1.50 02:00 dis-slit 289( -225) -79 74 3.9 3.7 4.2 3.6 3.6 -- 1.60 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 41 14 3 303 (WNW) 368 mstly clr none 17:00 39 13 3 315 (NW) 349 clear none 18:00 38 9 4 7 (N) 273 clear none 19:00 41 3 10 359 (N) 223 clear none 20:00 41 5 9 359 (N) 287 clear none 21:00 41 5 17 33 (NNE) 234 clear none 22:00 41 3 13 32 (NNE) 154 clear none 23:00 40 7 15 34 (NE) 146 clear none 00:00 40 9 12 16 (NNE) 178 clear none 01:00 39 11 15 25 (NNE) 163 clear none 02:00 40 10 13 26 (NNE) 147 clear none 03:00 38 10 8 22 (NNE) 77 clear none 04:00 40 8 8 303 (WNW) 48 clear none 05:00 40 8 9 273 (W) 64 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