Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2011 06:24:27 -0600 (MDT) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20110910 From: jwhueh@apo.nmsu.edu Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, September 10, 2011 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- J.Coughlin J.Coughlin DIS --:-- --:-- T.Murphy R.McMillan APOLLO --:-- --:-- A.Ritchey A.Ritchey ECHELLE 01:10 05:50 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- NM04/R 19:25 01:10 0 5.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 DD01/R 01:10 02:10 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 UW11/R 02:10 06:36 0 0 0 0 0.5 4.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Huehnerhoff Cloudy until second half. Apollo ceded time due to weather; light cloud cover prevented lasing but was usable for echelle observations. Internal switch between UW13 and UW11. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 01:28 ECHELLE 446( -760) 263 54 12.1 10.4 10.7 10.6 11.1 clear 1.55 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 61 39 12 265 (W) 779 cloudy none 17:00 58 40 5 139 (SE) 959 mstly cldy none 18:00 54 39 7 90 (E) 981 mstly cldy none 19:00 52 39 11 90 (E) 997 cloudy none 20:00 50 37 13 80 (E) 1101 mstly cldy none 21:00 50 37 10 86 (E) 1176 cloudy none 22:00 49 37 16 77 (ENE) 1194 cloudy none 23:00 49 37 12 85 (E) 1276 cloudy none 00:00 49 37 9 89 (E) 1268 mstly cldy none 01:00 52 35 7 173 (S) 1173 mstly clr none 02:00 54 34 5 185 (S) 957 mstly clr none 03:00 51 34 11 139 (SE) 1177 mstly clr none 04:00 51 33 2 174 (S) 1042 mstly clr none 05:00 50 35 3 352 (N) 1101 ptly cldy none 06:00 51 33 4 189 (S) 1192 mstly 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