Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2011 12:37:06 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20110316 From: "Gabrelle Saurage" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday, March 16, 2011 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- C.Froning CU students DIS 17:14 01:00 T.Murphy R.McMillan APOLLO 01:05 02:08 J.Wisniewski J.Wisniewski Echelle 02:13 06:30 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- CU01/R 19:20 01:10 0 0 0 0 0.0 5.8 0 0 UW13/R 01:10 02:10 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.0 0 0 UW08/R 02:10 07:03 0 0 0 0 1.5 3.4 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: G.Saurage Photometric or near about. Few dust peaks, but did not get bad enough to close. CU class got lots of good data. Pointing was off at Apollo and echelle. Corrected for it at NA1. UT 09:53 spontaneous disconnect from TUI; logged back in without a problem. Pit E-Stop button bulb must be out; it's not lit when pushed in. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:11 dis-slit 380( 165) 106 54 9.3 11.7 10.5 10.2 10.0 1.56 01:22 ECHELLE 217(-1085) -57 24 8.0 7.9 8.2 7.8 7.9 ND3 1.73 04:23 ECHELLE 311(-1085) -107 53 7.2 7.0 7.6 6.5 6.8 ND1 0.95 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 57 14 14 268 (W) 968 clear none 17:00 57 14 17 251 (WSW) 1036 clear none 18:00 57 14 12 242 (WSW) 1083 clear none 19:00 52 11 15 238 (WSW) 911 clear none 20:00 50 10 12 241 (WSW) 926 clear none 21:00 48 15 14 252 (WSW) 1053 clear none 22:00 48 17 17 235 (SW) 843 clear none 23:00 48 17 13 262 (W) 1213 clear none 00:00 48 18 15 263 (W) 3084 clear none 01:00 47 17 19 288 (WNW) 4003 clear none 02:00 47 15 23 280 (W) 1768 clear none 03:00 46 14 14 288 (WNW) 1961 clear none 04:00 46 15 6 265 (W) 1880 clear none 05:00 45 16 8 348 (NNW) 1945 clear none 06:00 45 16 10 315 (NW) 1199 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