Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2011 12:09:41 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20110803 From: "Gabrelle Saurage" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday, August 03, 2011 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- J.Davenport J.Davenport DIS --:-- --:-- P.Szkody G.Saurage DIS --:-- --:-- A.Elia G.Damke ECHELLE 02:50 06:00 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UW07/R 20:09 00:10 1.7 2.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 UW12/R 00:10 01:10 1.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UV04/R 01:10 06:10 1.7 0 0 0 3.3 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: G.Saurage Heavy rain first half. Slowly clearing into second half. Echelle slitviwer locked up once, ecam had to be power-cycled. Smoke smell and raise dust levels in the morning. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 05:10 ECHELLE 382( -515) 122 40 17.2 16.1 16.6 16.2 16.2 ND3 0.95 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 70 45 10 225 (SW) 676 cloudy none 17:00 64 52 22 125 (SE) 781 cloudy none 18:00 67 44 1 230 (SW) 600 cloudy none 19:00 62 47 10 97 (E) 877 cloudy rain 20:00 56 48 19 103 (ESE) 1417 cloudy rain 21:00 55 46 16 16 (NNE) 547 cloudy none 22:00 57 46 12 13 (NNE) 340 cloudy none 23:00 62 45 10 107 (ESE) 737 cloudy rain 00:00 62 45 17 126 (SE) 1223 cloudy rain 01:00 62 45 17 147 (SSE) 986 cloudy none 02:00 61 46 15 138 (SE) 900 mstly clr none 03:00 59 46 14 110 (ESE) 901 mstly clr none 04:00 59 46 13 84 (E) 1846 mstly clr none 05:00 58 47 15 90 (E) 1376 mstly clr none 06:00 57 46 16 82 (E) 2140 mstly clr 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: 1.8.7