Date: Wed, 25 May 2011 05:36:59 -0600 (MDT) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20110524 From: "Jack Dembicky" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Tuesday, May 24, 2011 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- B.Keeney B.Keeney, J.Stocke DIS 22:20 01:14 E.Levesque E.Levesque DIS 01:14 05:22 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- CU04/R 20:10 01:10 2.2 0 0 0 2.8 0.0 0 0 CU03/R 01:10 05:50 0 0 0 0 0.4 4.2 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky Dust kept us closed for 2.2 hrs at the start of the night. 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 22:31 dis-slit 448( 168) -43 70 8.5 10.7 10.7 10.1 10.1 -- 1.60 22:52 dis-slit 348( 42) -53 67 8.5 10.1 10.1 9.6 9.7 -- 2.40 01:17 dis-slit 304( -14) -73 27 8.5 8.7 9.0 8.6 8.7 -- 1.90 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 30 273 (W) 9512 clear dust 17:00 25 250 (WSW) 12265 clear dust 18:00 20 264 (W) 6485 clear dust 19:00 23 283 (WNW) 2667 clear dust 20:00 22 266 (W) 6384 clear dust 21:00 19 259 (W) 6617 clear dust 22:00 18 250 (WSW) 5065 clear none 23:00 14 259 (W) 2000 clear none 00:00 14 282 (WNW) 1453 clear none 01:00 18 294 (WNW) 1270 clear none 02:00 17 303 (WNW) 1155 clear none 03:00 14 309 (NW) 2019 clear none 04:00 9 308 (NW) 1972 clear none 05:00 1 211 (SSW) 1731 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