Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20111229 From: alaina@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2011 13:45:34 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Thursday, December 29, 2011 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- J.Darling J.Darling DIS 17:15 00:00 J.Darling J.Darling DIS 00:00 06:17 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- CU04/R 17:15 00:00 0 0 0 0 1.5 5.2 0 0 CU04/R 00:00 06:56 0 0 0 0 6.9 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Shelden Productive night with moderate seeing. Skies were clear for the most part, with some wispy clouds in the middle. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:48 dis-slit 375( 54) 71 52 5.6 7.2 7.1 7.1 5.3 -- 2.00 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 43 23 9 337 (NNW) 152 clear none 17:00 43 22 9 352 (N) 102 clear none 18:00 42 22 13 311 (NW) 115 clear none 19:00 42 22 13 356 (N) 124 clear none 20:00 42 22 13 25 (NNE) 143 clear none 21:00 42 21 5 327 (NNW) 144 mstly clr none 22:00 42 21 7 302 (WNW) 130 mstly clr none 23:00 42 20 13 336 (NNW) 126 mstly clr none 00:00 41 20 16 3 (N) 152 mstly clr none 01:00 40 19 20 4 (N) 257 mstly clr none 02:00 39 19 13 31 (NNE) 344 mstly clr none 03:00 40 19 14 19 (NNE) 483 clear none 04:00 41 19 17 21 (NNE) 707 clear none 05:00 42 18 19 25 (NNE) 734 mstly clr none 06:00 42 18 24 29 (NNE) 779 mstly clr 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