Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 04:35:03 -0600 (MDT) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20110627 From: jwhueh@apo.nmsu.edu Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Monday, June 27, 2011 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- J.Gauthier J.Gauthier DIS --:-- --:-- W.Bhatti W.Bhatti SPICAM --:-- --:-- INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UC01/R 20:24 01:10 4.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 JH01/R 01:10 05:49 2.3 2.4 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Huehnerhoff Radar returns around site all night. Some decent rain around 2200 but only for a short while. Scattered radar returns around the start of second half proved problematic the remainder of the night. These scatter returns proved to be real as it would sprinkle intermittently. A sucker hole opened up around 0330MT but within half hour the clouds started to move in again. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 77 35 8 170 (S) 1316 ptly cldy none 17:00 84 38 14 215 (SW) 1343 ptly cldy none 18:00 82 37 11 190 (S) 1239 ptly cldy none 19:00 76 33 7 190 (S) 1328 ptly cldy none 20:00 71 36 12 95 (E) 1625 mstly cldy none 21:00 67 38 16 79 (E) 1678 cloudy lt rain 22:00 65 39 8 352 (N) 1456 cloudy rain 23:00 61 41 20 99 (E) 1441 cloudy none 00:00 61 41 26 99 (E) 1580 cloudy none 01:00 63 38 13 114 (ESE) 1971 cloudy lt rain 02:00 63 38 11 90 (E) 1791 mstly cldy none 03:00 63 36 14 114 (ESE) 1676 ptly cldy none 04:00 63 37 15 107 (ESE) 1815 ptly cldy 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