Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2011 13:34:57 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20110225 From: "Gabrelle Saurage" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, February 25, 2011 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- C.Churchill J.Evans SPIcam 18:10 00:04 A.Elia A.Elia ECHELLE 00:08 05:23 T.Murphy T.Murphy APOLLO 05:28 06:30 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- NM04/R 18:06 00:10 0 0 0 0 6.1 0.0 0 0 UV05/R 00:10 05:26 0 0 0 0 2.1 3.1 0 0 UW13/R 05:26 06:26 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: G.Saurage Some clouds first half, clearing more with increasing winds second half. No problems except Apollo was not cleared by space command to operate the laser during their time. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 02:13 SPICAM 169( -220) 129 56 1.9 3.1 2.3 2.1 2.1 z' 1.33 07:16 ECHELLE 141(-1500) -24 80 2.8 2.3 2.7 2.2 2.5 ND2 1.20 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 44 9 12 229 (SW) 1025 ptly cldy none 17:00 40 11 13 263 (W) 969 ptly cldy none 18:00 37 9 15 248 (WSW) 1393 ptly cldy none 19:00 36 9 13 258 (WSW) 1096 mstly cldy none 20:00 36 7 18 234 (SW) 1049 mstly cldy none 21:00 37 1 11 250 (WSW) 770 mstly cldy none 22:00 37 4 15 266 (W) 682 mstly cldy none 23:00 37 3 15 247 (WSW) 686 mstly cldy none 00:00 37 3 12 242 (WSW) 676 mstly cldy none 01:00 37 3 21 258 (WSW) 792 mstly clr none 02:00 36 2 19 257 (WSW) 719 clear none 03:00 35 2 21 267 (W) 659 clear none 04:00 34 3 19 266 (W) 688 clear none 05:00 34 3 12 285 (WNW) 578 clear none 06:00 33 0 19 265 (W) 573 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: 1.8.6