From: Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20111207 Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2011 13:45:40 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday, December 07, 2011 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- G.Wallerstein G.Wallerstein Echelle 17:15 18:30 M.Klaene M.Klaene NA2gdr 18:30 03:30 M.Klaene M.Klaene Shack-Hartmann 03:30 06:20 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 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.5 0 0 EN01/R 18:36 00:00 0 0 0 0 0.0 5.4 0 0 EN01/R 00:00 06:44 0 0 0 0 1.5 5.2 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: R.McMillan Varying clouds first half with excellent seeing, later clear with less good seeing. I did lots of pointing models and Shack-Hartmann testing. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:14 ECHELLE 432(-1190) 255 71 0.5 2.5 2.2 2.1 0.4 ND3 1.08 20:12 GUIDER 300( -229) 33 71 0.3 0.5 0.8 0.3 0.2 ND2 0.60 04:04 SHACK 325( 244) 125 57 2.0 1.2 1.7 1.4 1.2 1.00 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 34 -1 7 262 (W) 93 ptly cldy none 17:00 33 -10 5 259 (W) 110 ptly cldy none 18:00 34 -14 5 262 (W) 88 ptly cldy none 19:00 33 -14 11 266 (W) 116 ptly cldy none 20:00 34 -15 14 292 (WNW) 76 ptly cldy none 21:00 35 -14 12 309 (NW) 88 ptly cldy none 22:00 35 -13 15 285 (WNW) 106 ptly cldy none 23:00 35 -15 13 280 (W) 94 mstly clr none 00:00 36 -12 15 280 (W) 109 mstly clr none 01:00 35 -12 9 276 (W) 125 mstly clr none 02:00 36 -14 11 264 (W) 119 clear none 03:00 36 -14 15 285 (WNW) 73 clear none 04:00 36 -15 14 291 (WNW) 167 clear none 05:00 34 -15 15 295 (WNW) 108 clear none 06:00 34 -16 16 299 (WNW) 111 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: 1.9.3