Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2011 06:09:46 -0600 (MDT) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20110425 From: "Jack Dembicky" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Monday, April 25, 2011 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- P.Yoachim P.Yoachim, S.Schmidt DIS 19:00 01:08 D.York D.York, S. ECHELLE 01:10 05:30 T.Murphy R.McMillan APOLLO --:-- --:-- INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- UW06/R 19:49 01:10 0 0 0 0 5.4 0.0 0 0 UC03/R 01:10 05:28 0 0 0 0 1.4 2.9 0 0 DD01/R 05:28 06:13 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.8 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky Dust earlier in the evening (3-5K range). Not enough to close us though. APOLLO was having problems tonight that couldn't be fixed. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:07 dis-slit 513( 214) 129 71 9.0 10.3 9.2 9.2 9.2 -- 1.34 20:56 dis-slit 320( -29) 86 57 7.9 9.0 8.7 8.1 8.3 -- 1.86 20:57 NA2gdr 2765(24765) 86 57 8.0 9.0 8.6 8.1 8.3 clear 1.60 01:20 Echelle 266 () 279 42 5.6 5.8 6.6 5.5 5.7 ND3 1.90 03:35 NA2gdr 275() 258 33 5.0 4.9 6.2 4.5 4.8 ND3 3.00 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 17:00 52 17 21 260 (W) 1958 clear none 18:00 57 17 13 230 (SW) 2072 clear none 19:00 52 18 19 263 (W) 2400 clear none 20:00 48 18 20 224 (SW) 3399 clear none 21:00 47 16 22 219 (SW) 2806 clear none 22:00 46 14 19 239 (WSW) 2605 clear none 23:00 45 14 17 251 (WSW) 2972 mstly clr none 00:00 44 12 22 241 (WSW) 2844 mstly clr none 01:00 43 14 19 237 (WSW) 4579 clear none 02:00 41 14 15 236 (SW) 3059 clear none 03:00 41 14 15 227 (SW) 3513 clear none 04:00 41 15 13 223 (SW) 2752 clear none 05:00 41 15 19 226 (SW) 2238 clear none 06:00 38 16 19 256 (WSW) 2519 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: 1.8.7