Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 06:34:41 -0700 (MST) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 201102121 From: "Jack Dembicky" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Monday, February 21, 2011 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- W.Ketzeback J.Dembicky ECHELLE, TSPEC 16:40 19:04 S.Schmidt S.Schmidt TSPEC 19:05 00:10 Y.Shen Y.Shen, O.Fox TSPEC 00:10 07:05 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- NM05/R 18:02 19:02 0 0 0 0 1.0 0.0 0 0 UW09/R 19:02 00:10 0 0 0 0 3.1 2.1 0 0 PU08/R 00:10 06:31 0 0 0 0 0 6.3 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky Echelle temp -111C @ 17:35 MST I had to reconnect TUI to the tcc this afternoon. I could not connect to the gmech controller tonight to set the focus on the NA2 guider. I tried reconnecting it but I got connection refused errors. No other problems ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 00:57 ECHELLE 482(-1107) 29 64 1.1 3.2 1.9 2.8 2.4 ND3 1.30 01:23 ECHELLE 312(-1321) 15 66 1.1 2.4 1.5 1.3 1.5 ND3 1.10 01:41 TSPEC 236( -169) 170 79 0.9 1.9 1.2 1.0 1.1 Ks 1.00 02:05 TSPEC 175( -249) 186 79 1.5 1.6 1.3 0.8 1.0 Ks 1.00 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 38 11 12 249 (WSW) 503 clear none 17:00 37 11 16 257 (WSW) 551 clear none 18:00 34 11 16 220 (SW) 521 clear none 19:00 35 11 11 261 (W) 596 clear none 20:00 35 12 18 274 (W) 556 clear none 21:00 35 12 13 251 (WSW) 651 clear none 22:00 36 13 14 252 (WSW) 653 clear none 23:00 35 11 16 210 (SSW) 813 clear none 00:00 36 10 16 223 (SW) 810 clear none 01:00 35 10 15 223 (SW) 816 clear none 02:00 34 13 15 234 (SW) 852 clear none 03:00 34 8 15 241 (WSW) 798 clear none 04:00 33 7 13 250 (WSW) 810 clear none 05:00 33 7 14 254 (WSW) 754 clear none 06:00 33 8 10 263 (W) 678 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: 2.14.0 Current TUI version: 1.8.5