Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2011 11:11:39 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20111211 From: "Gabrelle Saurage" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Sunday, December 11, 2011 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- G.Wallerstein G.Wallerstein Echelle --:-- --:-- C.Johnson S.Schmidt DIS --:-- --:-- K.Covey K.Covey Echelle --:-- --:-- INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UW10/R 17:06 18:36 1.0 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 DD05/R 18:36 00:00 0.0 5.4 0 0 0 0 0 0 DD06/R 00:00 06:47 0.0 6.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: G.Saurage High humidity, overcast skies, and radar returns kept us closed all night. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 34 28 10 250 (WSW) 805 ptly cldy humid 17:00 31 28 11 264 (W) 777 ptly cldy humid 18:00 31 28 12 247 (WSW) 988 ptly cldy humid 19:00 33 17 15 257 (WSW) 572 cloudy none 20:00 34 9 19 267 (W) 509 cloudy none 21:00 34 12 11 264 (W) 412 cloudy none 22:00 34 10 12 266 (W) 444 cloudy none 23:00 34 13 13 266 (W) 466 cloudy none 00:00 35 18 15 241 (WSW) 516 cloudy none 01:00 35 20 14 246 (WSW) 611 cloudy none 02:00 34 26 19 235 (SW) 699 cloudy humid 03:00 34 27 17 250 (WSW) 736 cloudy humid 04:00 33 28 17 223 (SW) 971 cloudy humid 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