Date: Sat, 2 Jul 2011 11:33:12 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20110701 From: "Gabrelle Saurage" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, July 01, 2011 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- J.Gauthier J.Gauthier DIS 21:30 00:10 J.Hughes G.Wallerstein SPIcam 02:10 05:30 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 1.0 0 0 0 3.5 0.3 0 0 UW08/R 01:10 05:50 1.0 0 0 0 3.7 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: G.Saurage A little rain in the afternoon. Clouds and radar returns lingering until about 21:10. Had to close at 00:10 due to combination dust > 7K and 74% humidity. Reopened at 2:10. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 02:30 SPICAM 198( 397) 240 56 13.8 14.5 14.5 13.9 13.8 MSSSO R 0.92 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 67 47 6 143 (SE) 3021 cloudy lt rain 17:00 68 45 10 126 (SE) 3158 cloudy none 18:00 67 42 13 93 (E) 1905 cloudy none 19:00 65 43 14 84 (E) 1675 cloudy none 20:00 64 41 11 111 (ESE) 2248 ptly cldy none 21:00 63 41 14 104 (ESE) 1630 ptly cldy none 22:00 62 43 16 103 (ESE) 2507 mstly clr none 23:00 61 43 19 108 (ESE) 2600 mstly clr none 00:00 58 50 23 122 (ESE) 7461 clear dust 01:00 59 48 19 111 (ESE) 5294 clear dust 02:00 58 48 21 126 (SE) 2924 clear none 03:00 56 49 16 123 (ESE) 2764 clear none 04:00 57 48 9 92 (E) 2944 clear none 05:00 56 47 7 112 (ESE) 2493 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