Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2011 12:32:28 +0000 Subject: [35m-nightlogs] 3.5m Night Log 20110321 From: Nicholas Ule Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Monday, March 21, 2011 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- G.Wolf-Chase M.Smutko NIC-FPS 19:54 23:22 P.Kundurthy P.Kundurthy Agile 01:20 06:25 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- UC03/R 19:24 01:10 2.5 1.4 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 1.8 UW01/R 01:10 06:56 0 0 0 0 0.0 5.3 0 0.5 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: N.Ule First half was not able to get on sky due to heavy cloud cover. Second half attempted to work through lighter clouds. Second observer finished science objectives. Focused on a bright source, hence no FWHM in focus log ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 02:54 AGILE -775(-1673) 72 34 3.4 4.3 4.2 3.6 3.6 r 0.00 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 57 14 26 245 (WSW) 2062 ptly cldy none 17:00 58 14 25 206 (SSW) 3298 mstly cldy none 18:00 57 15 29 224 (SW) 9697 cloudy none 19:00 52 12 15 233 (SW) 28635 cloudy none 20:00 50 9 19 232 (SW) 23670 cloudy none 21:00 48 13 18 241 (WSW) 16258 cloudy none 22:00 47 14 18 234 (SW) 6865 cloudy none 23:00 45 16 18 245 (WSW) 5299 cloudy none 00:00 44 16 23 218 (SW) 2815 cloudy none 01:00 42 16 20 218 (SW) 2432 ptly cldy none 02:00 40 17 24 236 (SW) 1752 ptly cldy none 03:00 38 15 34 240 (WSW) 2081 mstly clr none 04:00 35 15 27 255 (WSW) 3543 mstly clr none 05:00 34 18 26 237 (WSW) 3069 mstly clr none 06:00 33 19 30 281 (W) 3179 mstly clr 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