Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2011 13:16:28 +0000 Subject: [35m-nightlogs] 3.5m Night Log 20110319 From: Nicholas Ule Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, March 19, 2011 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- W.Ketzeback N. Ule ECHELLE 19:28 20:12 D.York D.York ECH, DIS 20:22 00:06 M.McElwain M.McElwain ECHELLE 00:40 07:10 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- DD04/R 19:22 20:22 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.0 0 0 UC02/R 20:22 01:10 0 0 0 0 0.0 4.8 0 0 PU02/R 01:10 06:59 0 0 0 0 0.0 5.8 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: N.Ule Sky was clear, observing went well. First two programs finished ahead of schedule. Final observer had connection problems on their end, observing went well. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:44 ECHELLE 337( -880) -129 70 8.7 10.8 9.7 9.9 9.4 ND3 0.86 20:20 dis-slit 337( 8) -34 50 8.4 9.3 8.9 8.5 8.5 1.50 22:43 ECHELLE 185(-1160) 294 40 7.9 7.7 8.1 7.6 7.7 ND3 1.30 01:03 ECHELLE 196(-1198) 31 64 7.0 7.2 7.4 6.7 7.0 ND3 0.80 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 60 20 28 239 (WSW) 1276 clear none 17:00 56 19 25 247 (WSW) 1798 clear none 18:00 52 16 19 257 (WSW) 1268 clear none 19:00 50 12 17 259 (W) 1075 clear none 20:00 47 10 17 238 (WSW) 858 clear none 21:00 47 9 16 234 (SW) 963 clear none 22:00 46 8 13 259 (W) 973 clear none 23:00 47 10 14 261 (W) 1470 clear none 00:00 46 10 16 265 (W) 1376 clear none 01:00 45 11 14 262 (W) 1367 clear none 02:00 44 11 13 258 (WSW) 1405 clear none 03:00 44 10 11 267 (W) 2504 clear none 04:00 43 9 14 268 (W) 4116 clear none 05:00 42 5 11 277 (W) 4742 clear none 06:00 42 5 13 264 (W) 4767 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