Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2011 05:53:46 -0600 (MDT) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20110619 From: jwhueh@apo.nmsu.edu Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Sunday, June 19, 2011 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- G.Wallerstein G.Wallerstein Echelle 23:00 01:05 G.Wolf-Chase M.Smutko, G.Wolf-Chase NICFPS 01:07 04:55 T.Murphy R.McMillan, J.Battat APOLLO 05:00 05:50 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UW16/R 20:23 01:10 2.6 0 0 0 0.1 2.1 0 0 UC07/R 01:10 05:02 0 0 0 0 0.0 3.9 0 0 DD01/R 05:02 05:47 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.7 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Huehnerhoff Did not open till late in first half due to high winds and dust. Dust remained high but stable after opening. Poor seeing the entire night. NICFPS not filled, warming on purpose. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 23:14 ECHELLE 464( -328) 232 58 16.6 18.6 18.2 17.7 17.4 ND1 1.72 01:14 NICFPS 318( 899) 110 61 15.0 15.2 15.5 14.9 14.8 H2-2.12 1.53 05:06 APOLLO 400( 978) 355 48 10.5 11.0 11.2 10.4 10.4 -- 2.00 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 76 32 29 256 (WSW) 8547 mstly clr dust 17:00 74 31 24 250 (WSW) 7202 mstly clr dust 18:00 73 30 36 262 (W) 16922 mstly clr dust 19:00 69 27 37 266 (W) 14163 mstly clr dust 20:00 67 25 37 246 (WSW) 12045 mstly clr dust 21:00 65 25 29 262 (W) 11123 clear dust 22:00 64 23 25 263 (W) 8428 clear dust 23:00 63 21 28 263 (W) 5715 clear dust 00:00 61 19 16 259 (W) 8495 clear dust 01:00 59 22 28 272 (W) 3159 clear dust 02:00 58 24 36 270 (W) 3436 clear dust 03:00 57 24 22 271 (W) 4236 clear dust 04:00 52 25 6 276 (W) 6977 clear dust 05:00 51 27 8 322 (NW) 5965 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