Date: Sat, 28 May 2011 05:41:18 -0600 (MDT) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20110527 From: "Jack Dembicky" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, May 27, 2011 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- B.Fleming B.Fleming DIS 19:20 23:53 J.Holtzman J.Wisniewski Echelle 23:59 01:00 G.Gyuk G.Gyuk DIS 01:00 02:35 TSpec 02:35 05:20 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- JH04/R 20:12 00:10 0 0 0 0 4.0 0.0 0 0 NM06/R 00:10 01:10 0 0 0 0 1.0 0.0 0 0 UC06/R 01:10 05:49 0 0 0 0 1.8 2.8 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky I found the rotator over rotation cable, the one attached to the rotator cable in the pit, unplugged during checkout. This caused the rotator to show it as a stop button in when I went to rotate. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:35 dis-slit 336( 616) 39 71 17.8 20.0 18.5 18.4 18.3 -- 1.00 20:55 NA2gdr -3818(26181) -126 69 17.4 19.0 18.1 17.9 17.8 clear 1.00 00:07 ECHELLE 199( -739) -127 46 15.5 15.5 15.8 15.2 15.3 ND3 1.06 01:08 dis-slit 150( 222) -29 60 15.1 15.0 15.2 14.7 14.9 -- 1.40 03:04 TSPEC 177( 428) -11 44 14.3 14.3 14.5 13.9 14.1 Ks 1.20 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 16 244 (WSW) 1159 clear none 17:00 21 264 (W) 1041 clear none 18:00 74 32 16 243 (WSW) 1791 clear none 19:00 69 29 18 254 (WSW) 1737 clear none 20:00 65 24 20 262 (W) 1818 clear none 21:00 64 17 22 269 (W) 1439 clear none 22:00 62 18 22 272 (W) 2584 clear none 23:00 61 19 26 286 (WNW) 1641 clear none 00:00 60 19 17 286 (WNW) 938 clear none 01:00 59 20 12 264 (W) 776 clear none 02:00 59 20 17 289 (WNW) 1449 clear none 03:00 58 21 16 282 (WNW) 3376 clear none 04:00 57 21 10 268 (W) 1967 clear none 05:00 57 21 13 275 (W) 977 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