Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2011 12:11:58 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20110531 From: "Gabrelle Saurage" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Tuesday, May 31, 2011 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- X.Liu X.Liu DIS 20:15 00:50 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- PU08/R 20:15 05:47 4.5 0 0 0 4.9 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: G.Saurage Clouds and dust increased over first half and then humidity rose around midnight. Closed all second half. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:32 dis-slit 267( 511) -161 73 16.1 18.6 17.2 17.4 17.1 1.51 21:25 dis-slit 45( 214) -67 59 15.5 16.9 16.2 15.8 15.7 1.63 22:20 dis-slit 13( 130) -123 48 14.6 15.6 15.3 14.6 14.8 1.73 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 68 17 8 160 (SSE) 2079 ptly cldy none 17:00 69 22 10 209 (SSW) 2360 ptly cldy none 18:00 70 21 10 196 (SSW) 2481 ptly cldy none 19:00 66 24 7 161 (SSE) 2500 ptly cldy none 20:00 62 25 13 112 (ESE) 3357 ptly cldy none 21:00 61 30 12 99 (E) 3741 ptly cldy none 22:00 59 33 7 94 (E) 4154 ptly cldy none 23:00 58 34 8 93 (E) 4409 mstly cldy none 00:00 57 37 17 85 (E) 4837 mstly cldy none 01:00 57 49 17 112 (ESE) 6143 mstly cldy dust 02:00 58 47 20 146 (SE) 5276 mstly clr none 03:00 55 51 24 139 (SE) 6340 mstly clr none 04:00 54 52 28 141 (SE) 8370 mstly clr none 05:00 56 44 22 156 (SSE) 5143 mstly clr 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