Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2011 05:43:51 -0600 (MDT) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20110704 From: "Jack Dembicky" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Monday, July 04, 2011 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- J.Gauthier J.Gauthier DIS 19:50 01:07 P.Szkody T.Harrison DIS 01:10 02:10 T.Harrison T.Harrison DIS 02:10 05:22 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 0 0 0 0 2.5 2.3 0 0 UW12/R 01:10 02:10 0 0 0 0 1.0 0.0 0 0 NM06/R 02:10 05:52 0 0 0 0 3.7 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky Dust levels elevated again tonight, not that it really matters. Turning over instrument fills to the day crew during telescope shutdown. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:45 dis-slit 423( 624) -65 61 15.9 17.5 16.4 16.6 16.2 -- 1.50 01:17 dis-slit 158( 173) 246 64 13.8 14.0 14.0 13.5 13.6 -- 1.80 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 65 47 4 128 (SE) 3879 ptly cldy lt rain 17:00 66 43 7 144 (SE) 3682 ptly cldy none 18:00 66 40 3 92 (E) 2710 ptly cldy none 19:00 64 40 11 90 (E) 2963 mstly clr none 20:00 62 40 13 87 (E) 2282 mstly clr none 21:00 60 41 14 89 (E) 2595 mstly clr none 22:00 59 38 16 98 (E) 3143 mstly clr none 23:00 59 36 16 111 (ESE) 3249 mstly clr none 00:00 59 37 15 114 (ESE) 3325 ptly cldy none 01:00 58 39 13 100 (E) 3815 ptly cldy none 02:00 57 41 19 121 (ESE) 4441 mstly cldy none 03:00 58 40 5 116 (ESE) 4150 mstly cldy none 04:00 58 40 12 115 (ESE) 3777 mstly clr none 05:00 58 39 8 86 (E) 3914 mstly clr 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