From: Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20110726 Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2011 11:33:06 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Tuesday, July 26, 2011 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- M.Klaene R.McMillan DIS,NA2gdr 23:30 05:30 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- EN02/R 20:15 01:10 3.2 0 0 0 1.7 0.0 0 0 EN02/R 01:10 06:05 0 0 0 0 1.8 3.1 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: R.McMillan Rain in the evening, then more engineering progress: DIS focus, throughput, and instrument blocks. I also got a pointing model to check recent changes to the fiducial table. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 00:00 dis-slit 110( 292) 94 57 16.7 17.1 17.2 16.6 16.2 - 1.01 00:15 dis-slit 164( 328) 92 60 16.4 16.8 16.9 16.4 16.0 - 0.89 00:19 dis-slit 180( 340) 92 61 16.3 16.8 16.9 16.3 15.8 - 0.95 00:31 dis-slit 208( 357) 90 63 16.2 16.6 16.8 16.1 15.8 - 1.10 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 68 46 12 219 (SW) 358 mstly cldy none 17:00 69 47 14 186 (S) 332 mstly cldy none 18:00 72 47 12 213 (SSW) 471 mstly cldy none 19:00 67 48 11 264 (W) 1172 mstly cldy none 20:00 64 48 4 266 (W) 867 mstly cldy lt rain 21:00 63 49 8 170 (S) 625 mstly cldy lt rain 22:00 59 45 12 112 (ESE) 740 mstly cldy none 23:00 64 47 2 288 (WNW) 422 ptly cldy none 00:00 62 49 8 266 (W) 623 mstly clr none 01:00 61 48 7 323 (NW) 628 clear none 02:00 59 49 6 355 (N) 739 clear none 03:00 60 47 7 347 (NNW) 603 clear none 04:00 60 47 6 354 (N) 547 clear none 05:00 60 48 1 334 (NNW) 604 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