Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2011 11:57:32 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20110804 From: "Gabrelle Saurage" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Thursday, August 04, 2011 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- B.Woodgate B.Woodgate GFP --:-- --:-- S.Bickerton S.Bickerton DIS 03:00 05:02 W.Ketzeback G.Saurage ECHELLE 05:05 06:00 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- EN03/R 20:08 01:10 2.1 2.9 0 0 0 0 0 0 PU06/R 01:10 05:11 1.2 0 0 0 3.8 0.0 0 0 NM05/R 05:11 06:11 0 0 0 0 1.0 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: G.Saurage Thunderstorms all first half. Opened 3 am. Checked DIS 1200 gratings, very small adjustment. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 03:10 dis-slit 192( 444) 77 18 16.8 17.2 17.5 17.2 16.6 1.58 05:08 ECHELLE 396( -490) 122 42 16.6 16.4 16.8 16.4 16.3 ND3 0.80 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 69 52 7 109 (ESE) 559 cloudy none 17:00 69 51 7 86 (E) 741 cloudy none 18:00 69 48 4 176 (S) 676 cloudy none 19:00 66 50 6 106 (ESE) 762 cloudy none 20:00 63 47 1 329 (NNW) 567 cloudy none 21:00 64 45 3 262 (W) 626 cloudy none 22:00 65 46 10 80 (E) 611 cloudy none 23:00 63 45 14 112 (ESE) 673 cloudy none 00:00 63 44 9 106 (ESE) 685 cloudy none 01:00 65 44 0 21 (NNE) 787 ptly cldy none 02:00 63 45 6 187 (S) 823 ptly cldy none 03:00 62 45 8 128 (SE) 939 mstly clr none 04:00 62 44 13 141 (SE) 897 mstly clr none 05:00 62 44 15 149 (SSE) 1027 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