Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2011 12:12:10 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20110814 From: "Gabrelle Saurage" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Sunday, August 14, 2011 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- S.Hawley J.Davenport,A.Kowalski DETPNS 20:20 23:30 S.Jacobson S.Jacobson SPICAM 01:45 06:00 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UW01/R 19:58 01:10 0 4.2 0 0 0.1 0.9 0 0 CU01/R 01:10 06:18 0 0.8 0 0 0.0 4.3 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: G.Saurage Opened for a little while first half with increasing humidity and degrading seeing until humidity closed us down. Opened briefly around 11:30 and had trouble with echelle slitviwer (PR#1274 again). Humidity closed us again. Able to open second half after 1:30 am. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 23:51 ECHELLE 321( -757) 241 74 12.8 13.2 13.3 12.9 12.5 ND2 0.76 01:58 SPICAM 295( 409) 339 56 12.9 12.8 13.2 12.8 12.8 MSSSO V 0.69 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 63 45 4 108 (ESE) 1024 ptly cldy none 17:00 62 46 8 100 (E) 1341 ptly cldy none 18:00 62 47 6 93 (E) 1224 ptly cldy none 19:00 60 47 7 86 (E) 1241 ptly cldy none 20:00 59 46 9 84 (E) 1302 ptly cldy none 21:00 57 50 15 142 (SE) 1712 ptly cldy none 22:00 55 51 22 130 (SE) 2022 ptly cldy humid 23:00 55 52 18 130 (SE) 2524 ptly cldy humid 00:00 55 52 22 129 (SE) 2594 ptly cldy humid 01:00 56 51 16 137 (SE) 2437 ptly cldy humid 02:00 55 50 13 175 (S) 2046 mstly clr none 03:00 57 49 11 183 (S) 1292 mstly clr none 04:00 56 49 12 185 (S) 1843 mstly clr none 05:00 56 49 7 193 (SSW) 1295 mstly clr none 06:00 54 49 6 196 (SSW) 1667 mstly cldy 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