Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2011 05:44:19 -0600 (MDT) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20110626 From: jwhueh@apo.nmsu.edu Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Sunday, June 26, 2011 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- N.Silvestri N.Silvestri, J.Zhao DIS 20:10 00:34 G.Stringfellow J.Huehnerhoff DIS 00:34 01:02 A.Kowalski A.Kowalski DIS 01:05 05:40 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UW09/R 20:24 00:34 0 0 0 0 4.2 0.0 0 0 DD04/O 00:34 01:04 0 0 0 0 0.5 0.0 0 0 UW10/R 01:10 05:48 0 0 0 0 1.6 3.1 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Huehnerhoff Mostly clear night with some intermittent light clouds during 1st half. New ECHELLE slitviewer mask created during afternoon checkout. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:43 dis-slit 233( 808) -78 69 22.7 25.0 23.6 23.6 23.6 -- 1.44 00:38 dis-slit 208( 599) -92 49 21.7 21.1 21.4 20.1 21.0 -- 1.30 01:14 ECHELLE 301( -386) 171 84 20.7 20.9 21.0 20.4 20.6 clear 0.77 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 80 38 9 255 (WSW) 1295 clear none 17:00 82 41 12 215 (SW) 1262 clear none 18:00 81 37 16 270 (W) 1120 clear none 19:00 80 36 14 206 (SSW) 1220 clear none 20:00 73 30 10 216 (SW) 1361 mstly clr none 21:00 73 30 8 239 (WSW) 1352 mstly clr none 22:00 73 30 8 260 (W) 1323 ptly cldy none 23:00 71 28 5 8 (N) 1414 mstly clr none 00:00 71 29 1 44 (NE) 1450 clear none 01:00 71 30 6 2 (N) 1519 clear none 02:00 71 29 6 339 (NNW) 1494 clear none 03:00 70 30 10 16 (NNE) 1503 clear none 04:00 70 30 10 3 (N) 1474 clear none 05:00 66 29 11 84 (E) 1468 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