From: Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20111104 Date: Sat, 5 Nov 2011 12:28:09 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, November 04, 2011 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- T.Murphy R.McMillan APOLLO 18:15 18:45 D.York S.Johnson Echelle 18:50 22:10 A.Mukadam A.Mukadam Agile 03:00 06:00 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- DD01/R 18:18 19:18 0 0.5 0 0 0.0 0.5 0 0 UC01/R 19:18 01:00 0 2.8 0 0 0.0 2.9 0 0 UW01/R 01:00 07:16 1.4 1.9 0.2 0 2.8 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: R.McMillan We had clouds of varying thickness, high dust, and threat of snow. Each program was able to get some observations despite the conditions. There was a little time lost to the Agile rotator being lost; it seemed fine when I originally checked it, but that may have been user error conspiring with coincidence. Once I identified the problem it was easy enough to fix. ------- FAILURE LOG ------- PROG INST FAILURE MODE TIME (SEDFNVOG) TI/SHU START FINISH DESCRIPTION ---------------------------------------------------------------------- UW01 P T/H 03:20 03:30 Agile rotator lost ---------------- FOCUS LOG --------------- Time Instrument Focus Az El Temp Strc Prim Sec Air filt FWHM -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:58 ECHELLE 424( -874) 68 55 8.6 8.7 8.8 8.6 8.5 ND1 0.85 03:11 AGILE -1350(-2130) 133 53 5.9 7.0 7.9 7.1 5.7 BG40 1.30 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 51 26 21 231 (SW) 4806 mstly clr dust 17:00 49 25 13 203 (SSW) 3491 mstly clr none 18:00 46 19 21 196 (SSW) 2365 ptly cldy none 19:00 47 20 21 192 (SSW) 873 ptly cldy none 20:00 47 25 18 197 (SSW) 2130 ptly cldy none 21:00 47 26 19 181 (S) 5714 ptly cldy none 22:00 48 27 19 181 (S) 7679 ptly cldy dust 23:00 49 26 27 188 (S) 7112 ptly cldy dust 00:00 48 26 31 188 (S) 6826 ptly cldy dust 01:00 47 26 28 202 (SSW) 6953 ptly cldy dust 02:00 44 25 22 181 (S) 3932 ptly cldy none 03:00 43 24 19 189 (S) 3375 clear none 04:00 41 20 20 200 (SSW) 3100 clear none 05:00 40 19 24 203 (SSW) 2641 cloudy none 06:00 40 16 36 205 (SSW) 2395 cloudy 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