Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2011 06:17:25 -0600 (MDT) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20110825 From: jwhueh@apo.nmsu.edu Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Thursday, August 25, 2011 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- A.Perez A.Perez ECHELLE 19:45 01:05 P.Kundurthy P.Kundurthy Agile 01:10 06:15 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UV04/R 19:45 01:10 0 0 0 0 5.4 0.0 0 0 UW05/R 01:10 06:25 0 0 0 0 2.6 2.7 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Huehnerhoff Light clouds at start of the night. No problems with instruments or telescope. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:53 ECHELLE 461( -227) -21 52 18.5 20.5 19.6 20.2 18.2 ND3 0.74 01:21 AGILE -1250(-1533) 98 27 16.4 15.9 16.3 15.9 16.1 SDSS r' 1.15 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 70 47 13 128 (SE) 647 mstly cldy none 17:00 69 46 9 109 (ESE) 759 mstly cldy none 18:00 68 44 4 94 (E) 704 ptly cldy none 19:00 65 44 10 110 (ESE) 820 mstly clr none 20:00 64 41 14 118 (ESE) 923 mstly clr none 21:00 63 44 14 101 (E) 1252 ptly cldy none 22:00 63 43 17 111 (ESE) 1262 mstly clr none 23:00 62 43 18 118 (ESE) 1340 clear none 00:00 62 43 18 127 (SE) 1525 mstly clr none 01:00 61 43 16 119 (ESE) 1444 mstly clr none 02:00 61 44 17 132 (SE) 1404 clear none 03:00 60 44 14 128 (SE) 1413 clear none 04:00 60 45 14 136 (SE) 1225 clear none 05:00 60 45 12 139 (SE) 1205 clear none 06:00 60 46 1 214 (SW) 1208 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