Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2011 04:04:59 -0600 (MDT) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20110722 From: "Jack Dembicky" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, July 22, 2011 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- M.Klaene J.Dembicky, R.McMillanDIS,TSPEC 20:18 04:00 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- EN02/R 20:18 01:10 0 0 0 0 3.8 1.1 0 0 EN02/R 01:10 06:02 0 0 0 0 0.0 4.9 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky Telescope Shake tonight. Separate Engineering report sent. Opened at 22:35, closed at 01:00 due to clouds and radar returns. Sprinkles and high humidity at 02:35. Gave up at 04:00 due to clouds, humidity and nearby radar returns. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 23:04 TSPEC 652( 668) -46 59 10.0 17.4 17.8 17.1 16.5 Ks 0.90 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 61 48 10 82 (E) 1056 cloudy none 17:00 66 47 1 222 (SW) 1109 cloudy none 18:00 65 50 10 268 (W) 1678 cloudy none 19:00 62 50 0 303 (WNW) 9943 cloudy none 20:00 62 48 4 44 (NE) 4674 cloudy none 21:00 62 45 15 77 (ENE) 2775 mstly cldy none 22:00 62 44 12 90 (E) 2367 ptly cldy none 23:00 62 43 10 90 (E) 1727 ptly cldy none 00:00 61 42 10 92 (E) 839 ptly cldy none 01:00 59 46 16 76 (ENE) 840 cloudy none 02:00 57 47 1 190 (S) 1330 cloudy humid 03:00 54 52 2 199 (SSW) 3194 cloudy humid 04:00 55 51 3 253 (WSW) 2634 cloudy humid 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