Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2011 05:48:09 -0600 (MDT) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20110406 From: jwhueh@apo.nmsu.edu Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday, April 06, 2011 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- P.Szkody A.Mukadam Agile --:-- --:-- INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- UW02/R 19:35 06:35 7.9 3.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Huehnerhoff Massive radar returns and clouds surrounding the site until 04:30MT. Some light rain at 02:15MT. Thick clouds persisted after radar dissipated. Echelle filter curve data taken as cloudy night task. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 56 21 21 251 (WSW) 987 cloudy none 17:00 54 21 23 246 (WSW) 898 cloudy none 18:00 54 22 33 270 (W) 999 cloudy none 19:00 51 25 33 257 (WSW) 8840 cloudy none 20:00 48 27 24 271 (W) 6864 cloudy none 21:00 46 27 21 236 (SW) 1958 cloudy none 22:00 46 27 15 263 (W) 2763 cloudy none 23:00 44 28 18 260 (W) 1428 cloudy none 00:00 42 29 13 273 (W) 4466 cloudy none 01:00 40 30 7 268 (W) 9370 cloudy none 02:00 40 31 27 262 (W) 670 cloudy rain 03:00 40 30 22 262 (W) 860 cloudy humid 04:00 38 30 24 268 (W) 1007 cloudy none 05:00 37 30 22 263 (W) 1089 cloudy humid 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