Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2011 13:26:03 +0100 Subject: [35m-nightlogs] 3.5m Night Log 20110403 From: Nicholas Ule Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Sunday, April 03, 2011 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- S.Anderson A.Mukadam Agile 19:33 01:10 S.Anderson A.Mukadam Agile 01:10 06:23 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- UW03/R 19:33 01:10 5.6 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 UW03/R 01:10 06:39 1.2 0 0 0 4.3 0.0 0.2 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: N.Ule Dust storm in the area kept the dome shut until 02:20. Once on sky the observer noted that the pointing was off by about 1 arcmin. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 02:41 AGILE -1550(-2370) 244 30 5.0 5.7 5.7 5.3 5.1 BG40 2.20 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 57 18 35 239 (WSW) 3956 mstly cldy dust 17:00 56 17 47 259 (W) 6374 cloudy dust 18:00 56 18 21 266 (W) 8213 cloudy dust 19:00 53 16 30 259 (W) 14301 cloudy dust 20:00 50 11 21 276 (W) 166165 cloudy dust 21:00 48 13 31 274 (W) 57071 ptly cldy dust 22:00 47 14 41 273 (W) 14033 mstly clr dust 23:00 46 14 23 266 (W) 12021 clear dust 00:00 44 17 24 266 (W) 29136 clear dust 01:00 43 18 27 288 (WNW) 40225 clear dust 02:00 42 19 21 289 (WNW) 8717 clear none 03:00 41 20 22 314 (NW) 1426 clear none 04:00 37 22 22 330 (NNW) 1234 clear none 05:00 36 22 8 333 (NNW) 1503 clear none 06:00 32 22 21 15 (NNE) 2712 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