Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2011 05:56:09 -0600 (MDT) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20110829 From: "Jack Dembicky" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Monday, August 29, 2011 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- G.Wallerstein A.Ritchey Echelle 19:41 21:41 A.Kowalski A.Kowalski DIS 21:41 01:10 J.Greene J.Greene DIS 01:10 06:40 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UW11/R/D 19:41 21:41 0 0 0 0 1.9 0.1 0 0 UW06/R 19:41 01:10 0 0 0 0 3.5 0 0 0 PU02/R 01:10 06:28 0 0 0 0 5.3 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky I adjusted the boresight position on the Echelle slitviewer. The boresight was not at the center of the slit. Pesky clouds all night. We observed thru them. UW06 did an internal time swap with UW11 for the first hour 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:05 ECHELLE 227( -354) -4 61 19.9 22.8 22.3 22.4 20.4 ND3 0.70 21:55 dis-slit 62( 383) 161 75 19.6 20.1 20.0 19.6 19.0 -- 0.93 22:53 dis-slit 152( 427) 232 78 18.7 19.1 19.3 18.8 18.4 -- 1.13 01:14 NA2gdr -1807(20193) -126 55 19.1 18.5 19.0 18.5 18.7 clear 0.97 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 77 42 11 208 (SSW) 769 mstly clr none 17:00 74 39 9 263 (W) 789 mstly clr none 18:00 74 40 13 222 (SW) 796 mstly clr none 19:00 69 39 8 216 (SW) 812 mstly clr none 20:00 67 38 7 219 (SW) 822 mstly clr none 21:00 68 38 7 191 (S) 873 ptly cldy none 22:00 67 38 7 191 (S) 815 ptly cldy none 23:00 65 40 5 323 (NW) 995 ptly cldy none 00:00 66 38 5 268 (W) 1230 ptly cldy none 01:00 66 38 7 270 (W) 884 ptly cldy none 02:00 67 37 6 262 (W) 822 ptly cldy none 03:00 65 37 8 260 (W) 661 mstly cldy none 04:00 65 38 6 254 (WSW) 785 ptly cldy none 05:00 65 39 8 195 (SSW) 710 ptly cldy 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