From: Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20110318 Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2011 12:15:08 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, March 18, 2011 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- M.Klaene R.McMillan Eyepiece 18:30 00:00 SPIcam,Agile 03:00 04:30 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- EN01/R 19:22 01:10 0 1.2 0 0 0.0 4.6 0 0 EN01/R 01:10 07:00 0 4.3 0 0 0.0 1.5 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: R.McMillan Clouds moved in at the end of a very successful open house. After a few sprinkles of rain, the sky cleared long enough for me to pick up one last engineering task, and then weather threatened again before dawn. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 03:16 SPICAM 100( -12) 55 63 8.9 8.9 9.1 8.2 8.7 r 0.87 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 58 18 11 225 (SW) 1802 clear none 17:00 59 17 26 218 (SW) 1424 clear none 18:00 57 15 10 212 (SSW) 1645 clear none 19:00 52 11 18 219 (SW) 1261 clear none 20:00 50 9 14 191 (S) 1153 clear none 21:00 49 10 14 198 (SSW) 1352 clear none 22:00 47 9 10 182 (S) 1253 clear none 23:00 48 9 12 176 (S) 1137 ptly cldy none 00:00 49 9 12 175 (S) 1015 mstly cldy none 01:00 50 18 9 249 (WSW) 1078 cloudy lt rain 02:00 49 12 2 180 (S) 1004 ptly cldy none 03:00 49 11 12 194 (SSW) 1055 clear none 04:00 46 10 7 265 (W) 1149 clear none 05:00 45 22 7 270 (W) 997 ptly cldy none 06:00 45 22 10 301 (WNW) 914 ptly cldy 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