Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2011 04:25:52 -0600 (MDT) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20110725 From: "Jack Dembicky" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Monday, July 25, 2011 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- M.Klaene J.Dembicky, R.McMillanDIS --:-- --:-- INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- EN02/R 20:16 01:10 4.9 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 EN02/R 01:10 06:04 0.9 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky Weather kept us closed all night. Dome Closed activities Russet adjusted blue collimator to adjust focus on DIS Blue spectorgraph focus tonight. Separate report sent by Russet. With complete overcast skies, 80% humidity and radar returns just to our South, I gave up at 04:25 this morning. ------- 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 61 51 14 160 (SSE) 683 mstly cldy none 17:00 63 49 11 182 (S) 489 ptly cldy none 18:00 65 48 9 181 (S) 398 ptly cldy none 19:00 67 49 4 210 (SSW) 358 mstly cldy none 20:00 63 48 4 231 (SW) 337 mstly cldy none 21:00 62 48 4 227 (SW) 333 mstly cldy none 22:00 63 48 6 188 (S) 427 mstly cldy none 23:00 63 47 4 263 (W) 454 cloudy none 00:00 61 50 6 204 (SSW) 494 cloudy none 01:00 62 48 6 258 (WSW) 570 cloudy none 02:00 57 49 14 201 (SSW) 524 mstly cldy none 03:00 57 51 11 202 (SSW) 686 cloudy none 04:00 56 50 4 115 (ESE) 722 cloudy 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