Date: Sat, 7 May 2011 05:59:50 -0600 (MDT) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20110506 From: jwhueh@apo.nmsu.edu Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, May 06, 2011 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- T.Murphy R.McMillan APOLLO 19:30 20:42 N.Chanover N.Chanover, C.Miller, Agile 20:46 05:55 A.McKay INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- DD01/O 19:57 20:42 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.8 0 0 NM01/R 20:42 06:02 0 0 0 0 6.8 2.6 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Huehnerhoff Clear skies with good seeing the entire night. Had one problem with the agile rotator in the morning at 1135UT, no affect on science. DIS blue pumped on through the night. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:45 APOLLO 400( 1231) 19 68 14.1 17.0 15.3 15.6 15.5 -- 1.00 20:56 AGILE -1400(-1833) 82 49 12.6 14.3 13.9 13.3 13.4 MSSSO R 1.22 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 67 25 13 268 (W) 3584 clear none 17:00 65 22 19 262 (W) 3150 clear none 18:00 63 22 16 232 (SW) 2775 clear none 19:00 61 19 14 250 (WSW) 2324 clear none 20:00 57 15 15 247 (WSW) 2354 clear none 21:00 55 13 12 256 (WSW) 1990 clear none 22:00 54 11 11 238 (WSW) 2018 clear none 23:00 55 11 13 253 (WSW) 1899 clear none 00:00 55 12 15 269 (W) 1881 clear none 01:00 55 12 16 278 (W) 1993 clear none 02:00 54 11 7 323 (NW) 2950 clear none 03:00 53 11 3 3 (N) 3660 clear none 04:00 52 9 6 357 (N) 3405 clear none 05:00 54 12 5 16 (NNE) 2202 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