Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2011 06:50:43 -0600 (MDT) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20110823 From: jwhueh@apo.nmsu.edu Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Tuesday, August 23, 2011 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- P.Kundurthy P.Kundurthy Agile 21:50 01:05 S.Bickerton S.Bickerton DIS 01:10 05:50 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UW02/R 19:48 01:10 2.0 0 0 0 3.4 0.0 0 0 PU06/R 01:10 06:24 0 0 0 0 0.5 4.7 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Huehnerhoff Delayed opening due to local radar and clouds. Good seeing the remainder of first half worsening into second half. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 21:57 AGILE -1400(-1503) 246 75 18.1 20.6 20.2 20.2 18.7 SDSS r' 0.81 01:08 dis-slit 123( 446) 83 11 18.5 18.2 18.6 18.0 18.4 -- 2.49 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 67 48 3 350 (N) 924 mstly cldy none 17:00 70 49 1 260 (W) 886 mstly cldy none 18:00 70 49 6 64 (ENE) 842 mstly cldy none 19:00 69 49 9 84 (E) 934 mstly cldy none 20:00 67 49 13 78 (ENE) 917 cloudy none 21:00 66 47 11 84 (E) 997 ptly cldy none 22:00 65 46 12 78 (ENE) 930 clear none 23:00 64 46 10 83 (E) 1090 clear none 00:00 65 46 6 69 (ENE) 926 clear none 01:00 66 46 2 83 (E) 915 clear none 02:00 66 46 1 242 (WSW) 891 clear none 03:00 66 46 3 287 (WNW) 899 mstly clr none 04:00 65 46 2 267 (W) 862 clear none 05:00 66 46 1 281 (W) 920 mstly clr none 06:00 65 46 3 315 (NW) 919 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