From: Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20110317 Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2011 11:56:32 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Thursday, March 17, 2011 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- M.Klaene R.McMillan Ech,Agile,DIS, 19:30 05:30 NA2gdr,Fastcam INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- EN01/R 19:21 07:02 0 0 0 0 0.9 10.8 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: R.McMillan A photometric night with seeing ranging from very good to moderate. I managed to knock off most of the items on the to-do list. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:54 dis-slit 103( -171) 40 68 9.7 10.7 10.4 9.6 9.8 - 1.37 21:04 dis 110( -173) 34 69 9.6 10.6 10.3 9.6 9.8 r 1.20 21:06 dis 85( -200) 33 70 9.5 10.5 10.3 9.6 9.8 g 1.50 21:08 dis-slit 129( -157) 31 70 9.8 10.5 10.3 9.6 9.8 - 1.21 21:31 AGILE -1575(-2228) 16 72 10.0 10.2 10.2 9.4 9.7 r 0.94 00:58 dis-slit 201( -133) 223 75 9.9 9.6 9.9 9.3 9.6 - 0.88 01:11 dis 200( -134) 228 73 10.0 9.6 10.0 9.2 9.7 r 0.84 01:13 dis 185( -150) 229 73 10.2 9.5 9.9 9.2 9.6 g 1.50 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 56 12 10 236 (SW) 1055 clear none 17:00 60 12 19 219 (SW) 1023 clear none 18:00 57 11 14 255 (WSW) 771 clear none 19:00 53 11 11 255 (WSW) 875 clear none 20:00 50 10 15 255 (WSW) 966 clear none 21:00 49 11 12 262 (W) 883 clear none 22:00 50 11 13 267 (W) 970 clear none 23:00 50 11 15 268 (W) 990 clear none 00:00 50 12 13 265 (W) 871 clear none 01:00 50 12 14 263 (W) 865 clear none 02:00 50 12 13 245 (WSW) 836 clear none 03:00 47 13 16 236 (SW) 999 clear none 04:00 47 13 13 250 (WSW) 1015 clear none 05:00 47 14 7 267 (W) 872 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