Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2011 12:20:57 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20111220 From: "Gabrelle Saurage" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Tuesday, December 20, 2011 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- B.Williams B.Williams DIS 23:00 00:00 E.Levesque E.Levesque DIS --:-- --:-- T.Murphy R.McMillan APOLLO --:-- --:-- INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UW14/R 17:09 00:00 5.9 0.0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 CU05/R 00:00 05:53 3.6 2.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 UW12/R 05:53 06:53 0.0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: G.Saurage Blowing snow and humidity. With limited opening restrictions winds were a problem tonight. We only managed to be open for an hour and that was pushing it. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 00:03 dis-slit 354( -504) 176 70 -3.8 -3.1 -3.0 -2.9 -3.8 0.89 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 25 24 1 289 (WNW) 356 cloudy fog 17:00 24 22 2 1 (N) 1501 cloudy fog 18:00 24 20 7 346 (NNW) 159 cloudy humid 19:00 24 20 7 278 (W) 210 clear humid 20:00 24 12 9 298 (WNW) 199 clear none 21:00 25 10 11 294 (WNW) 236 clear none 22:00 25 10 9 277 (W) 198 clear none 23:00 25 14 10 301 (WNW) 250 clear none 00:00 25 12 12 287 (WNW) 465 clear none 01:00 25 13 18 301 (WNW) 231 clear none 02:00 25 14 12 302 (WNW) 184 clear none 03:00 25 15 20 287 (WNW) 248 clear none 04:00 24 15 13 280 (W) 238 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: 1.9.4