Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2011 12:51:13 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20111223 From: mcmillan@apo.nmsu.edu Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, December 23, 2011 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- Z.Tsvetanov Z.Tsvetanov ECHELLE --:-- --:-- W.Ketzeback R.McMillan ECHELLE/TSPEC --:-- --:-- G.Wallerstein G.Wallerstein Echelle --:-- --:-- INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- JH07/R 17:11 00:00 6.8 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 UW11/R 00:00 01:00 1.0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 UW09/R 01:00 06:54 5.8 0.1 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: R.McMillan Still with the winter weather, hard to tell when it was falling or just blowing around. Snow program running all night (and still running). Otherwise I did cloudy-night stuff and watched the snow. ------- 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 15 11 12 83 (E) 752 cloudy lt snow 17:00 13 9 13 80 (E) 89 cloudy lt snow 18:00 11 8 16 79 (E) 64 cloudy lt snow 19:00 11 8 23 68 (ENE) 393 cloudy lt snow 20:00 12 8 28 71 (ENE) 443 cloudy lt snow 21:00 12 8 19 74 (ENE) 684 cloudy lt snow 22:00 12 8 29 73 (ENE) 887 cloudy lt snow 23:00 11 8 15 79 (E) 262 cloudy lt snow 00:00 12 9 26 78 (ENE) 188 cloudy lt snow 01:00 12 10 22 76 (ENE) 100 cloudy lt snow 02:00 13 11 23 63 (ENE) 183 cloudy lt snow 03:00 14 12 23 71 (ENE) 94 cloudy lt snow 04:00 15 12 7 72 (ENE) 312 cloudy lt snow 05:00 15 12 7 87 (E) 100 cloudy lt snow 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