Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2011 06:25:33 -0600 (MDT) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20110822 From: jwhueh@apo.nmsu.edu Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Monday, August 22, 2011 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- M.Strauss M.Strauss TSPEC 20:40 21:55 22:10 05:15 W.Ketzeback J.Huehnerhoff Echelle 05:20 06:20 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- PU05/R 19:49 05:23 0.3 0 0 0 4.7 4.6 0 0 DD02/O 05:23 06:23 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Huehnerhoff Rain and clouds at start of evening delayed opening. After closing shortly due to a threatening cloud bank the skies cleared for the remainder of the night. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:54 TSPEC 528( 1041) -63 61 18.4 19.8 18.8 19.4 18.8 -- 1.00 22:43 TSPEC 247( 647) 16 67 17.3 17.6 17.7 17.2 17.2 -- 1.51 05:15 ECHELLE 353( -552) 121 56 17.9 16.4 16.9 16.2 16.8 ND3 0.66 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 68 51 1 246 (WSW) 919 mstly cldy lt rain 17:00 65 51 12 126 (SE) 1009 cloudy rain 18:00 61 50 6 355 (N) 1659 ptly cldy none 19:00 63 50 9 87 (E) 869 ptly cldy none 20:00 65 46 8 86 (E) 781 mstly clr none 21:00 64 46 8 89 (E) 856 mstly clr none 22:00 63 46 7 89 (E) 832 clear none 23:00 65 45 1 139 (SE) 837 clear none 00:00 62 43 5 104 (ESE) 926 clear none 01:00 64 44 4 11 (N) 840 clear none 02:00 62 45 4 23 (NNE) 869 clear none 03:00 61 45 6 0 (N) 802 clear none 04:00 63 43 1 308 (NW) 843 clear none 05:00 64 41 3 261 (W) 931 clear none 06:00 64 40 2 278 (W) 727 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: 1.9.1