Date: Fri, 13 May 2011 05:31:35 -0600 (MDT) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20110512 From: "Jack Dembicky" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Thursday, May 12, 2011 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- Y.Shen Y.Shen Triplespec 17:10 01:02 A.Brown A.Brown Echelle 01:07 05:10 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- PU07/R 20:02 01:10 0 0 0 0 0.0 5.1 0 0 CU06/R 01:10 05:57 0 0 0 0 2.8 2.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky No problems tonight. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:16 TSPEC 567( 693) 43 49 10.0 12.3 10.5 11.1 11.2 Ks 0.70 01:10 ECHELLE 195(-1051) 130 43 10.0 9.8 10.0 9.2 9.6 ND2 1.10 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 51 19 14 327 (NNW) 714 clear none 17:00 54 18 11 336 (NNW) 666 clear none 18:00 59 18 16 256 (WSW) 647 clear none 19:00 54 16 2 283 (WNW) 568 clear none 20:00 51 17 9 268 (W) 591 clear none 21:00 51 17 9 271 (W) 653 clear none 22:00 51 17 13 280 (W) 655 clear none 23:00 50 16 9 240 (WSW) 791 clear none 00:00 51 15 4 309 (NW) 858 clear none 01:00 50 17 1 234 (SW) 783 clear none 02:00 48 17 6 11 (N) 612 clear none 03:00 48 18 12 50 (NE) 746 clear none 04:00 47 18 10 52 (NE) 1036 clear none 05:00 48 18 10 25 (NNE) 916 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