Date: Mon, 16 May 2011 11:33:33 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20110515 From: "Gabrelle Saurage" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Sunday, May 15, 2011 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- M.Strauss X.Liu Triplespec 20:08 00:57 S.Hawley A.Brown DIS 01"01 05:20 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- PU06/R 20:04 01:10 0 0 0 0 0.0 5.1 0 0 UW11/R 01:10 05:55 0 0 0 0 0.7 4.1 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: G.Saurage Clear skies, poor seeing. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 22:39 TSPEC 125( 180) -78 51 9.9 11.0 10.6 9.9 10.0 1.92 00:06 TSPEC 128( 98) 105 61 9.0 9.5 9.5 8.6 9.0 2.11 01:04 ECHELLE 128(-1145) 129 44 8.9 9.2 9.4 8.6 9.1 2.23 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 59 23 17 215 (SW) 1472 clear none 17:00 62 24 15 245 (WSW) 1477 clear none 18:00 62 24 20 221 (SW) 1435 clear none 19:00 58 21 17 195 (SSW) 1499 clear none 20:00 54 18 13 181 (S) 1515 clear none 21:00 54 14 13 180 (S) 1475 clear none 22:00 52 23 6 177 (S) 1405 clear none 23:00 50 24 9 131 (SE) 1355 clear none 00:00 48 25 10 128 (SE) 1381 clear none 01:00 49 18 12 225 (SW) 1555 clear none 02:00 51 17 13 195 (SSW) 1572 clear none 03:00 50 20 16 203 (SSW) 1516 clear none 04:00 50 25 14 181 (S) 1408 clear none 05:00 48 26 13 179 (S) 1531 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