Date: Sun, 15 May 2011 11:31:18 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20110514 From: "Gabrelle Saurage" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, May 14, 2011 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- R.Beaton R.Beaton DIS 20:30 01:08 J.Coughlin J.Coughlin DIS 01:11 05:30 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- UV05/R 20:03 01:10 0 0 0 0 0.0 5.1 0 0 NM05/R 01:10 05:56 0 0 0 0 0.5 4.4 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: G.Saurage Clear skies, poor seeing--Over 2" all night. One problem with DIs Expose: 01:55:28 UV05.RLBeaton.disExpose 3242 dis f distxt="FAILED bias readout -- see earlier warning(s) for details." 01:55:28 disExpose 3245 fits f fitsTxt="Could not read FITS file /export/images/forTron/dis/20110515T015527Z01r.fits: Could not completely read the input FITS file: 0 0 " 01:55:28 UV05.RLBeaton 5 disExpose f exposeTxt="bias failed" Restarting nubs worked. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:45 dis-slit 334( 225) 265 49 10.7 13.8 12.2 12.6 12.1 2.18 22:40 dis-slit 166( -112) 213 46 9.3 10.2 9.9 9.2 9.3 2.60 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 64 26 19 185 (S) 3045 clear none 17:00 62 27 17 191 (S) 3150 clear none 18:00 60 27 16 201 (SSW) 2827 clear none 19:00 55 28 13 138 (SE) 2555 clear none 20:00 52 29 17 143 (SE) 2386 clear none 21:00 50 30 12 165 (SSE) 2143 clear none 22:00 50 27 14 170 (S) 2142 clear none 23:00 49 28 16 134 (SE) 2285 clear none 00:00 51 28 10 174 (S) 2191 clear none 01:00 48 30 8 161 (SSE) 2230 clear none 02:00 47 31 8 160 (SSE) 2129 clear none 03:00 47 31 12 184 (S) 2317 clear none 04:00 46 32 14 152 (SSE) 2156 clear none 05:00 45 32 4 118 (ESE) 2064 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