From: Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20110330 Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 11:58:47 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday, March 30, 2011 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- S.Gezari S.Gezari DIS 19:31 01:00 D.Bowen D.Bowen SPIcam 01:15 05:00 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- JH03/R 19:30 01:10 0 0 0 0 5.7 0.0 0 0 PU05/R 01:10 06:44 0 1.7 0 0 3.9 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: R.McMillan Varying high clouds for most of the night. Variable seeing in strong north winds that caused us to close before morning twilight. Telescope and instruments worked perfectly. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:59 dis-slit 234( -136) 104 38 8.0 8.1 7.7 7.5 7.7 - 2.90 21:03 dis-slit 197( -207) 124 46 8.1 7.6 7.8 7.2 7.5 - 1.70 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 45 16 20 297 (WNW) 1351 ptly cldy none 17:00 48 17 18 294 (WNW) 942 ptly cldy none 18:00 48 17 8 350 (N) 909 ptly cldy none 19:00 47 16 19 299 (WNW) 810 ptly cldy none 20:00 46 16 17 312 (NW) 668 ptly cldy none 21:00 47 17 7 347 (NNW) 709 ptly cldy none 22:00 45 17 13 311 (NW) 697 mstly clr none 23:00 44 17 22 357 (N) 646 ptly cldy none 00:00 43 18 3 340 (NNW) 516 ptly cldy none 01:00 42 17 1 347 (NNW) 644 ptly cldy none 02:00 40 18 17 347 (NNW) 904 ptly cldy none 03:00 39 19 27 16 (NNE) 788 ptly cldy none 04:00 39 19 28 15 (NNE) 422 ptly cldy none 05:00 40 19 40 8 (N) 254 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