Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2011 11:37:19 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20110819 From: "Gabrelle Saurage" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, August 19, 2011 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- D.York D.York DIS 20:30 01:04 P.Szkody G.Saurage DIS 01:04 02:03 J.Wisniewski J.Wisniewski Echelle 02:06 05:30 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UC02/R 19:53 01:10 0 0 0 0 2.8 2.5 0 0 UW12/R 01:10 02:10 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.0 0 0 UW10/R 02:10 06:21 0 0 0 0 0.0 4.2 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: G.Saurage Clear night for once this week. Open all night, decent seeing. Power fluctuations that triggered stop button: UT 03:52 axis init cleared it UT 04:43 telescope and enclosure collided and needed to be reset ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 01:08 dis-slit 256( 357) 31 47 15.4 15.3 15.8 15.2 15.1 1.19 02:11 ECHELLE 288( -671) 232 41 15.6 15.0 15.3 14.7 14.9 1.27 03:46 ECHELLE 305( -665) 236 35 15.2 14.5 15.0 14.3 14.4 0.63 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 70 53 8 264 (W) 701 mstly clr none 17:00 69 52 11 233 (SW) 521 mstly clr none 18:00 70 51 2 189 (S) 565 mstly clr none 19:00 68 50 7 241 (WSW) 405 mstly clr none 20:00 62 50 7 186 (S) 380 clear none 21:00 62 50 8 208 (SSW) 365 clear none 22:00 61 49 9 197 (SSW) 482 clear none 23:00 61 49 7 225 (SW) 597 clear none 00:00 60 49 6 236 (SW) 541 clear none 01:00 60 50 2 247 (WSW) 549 clear none 02:00 60 50 1 192 (SSW) 714 clear none 03:00 60 48 1 191 (S) 353 clear none 04:00 59 49 3 140 (SE) 492 clear none 05:00 60 49 9 159 (SSE) 574 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: 1.9.0