Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2011 07:00:43 -0600 (MDT) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20110912 From: jwhueh@apo.nmsu.edu Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Monday, September 12, 2011 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- M.Klaene J.Huehnerhoff GCAM, ECHELLE 04:20 06:10 DIS INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- EN01/O 19:22 06:37 0 8.9 0 0 0 2.3 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Huehnerhoff Cloud filled night, suddenly clearing around 04:15. Problem with tcc connection to gcam, see PR1159. Echelle RV data taken. DIS slitviewer focus data taken. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 04:42 GUIDER 529( 708) -54 36 12.4 13.6 14.2 13.5 12.6 clear 1.24 05:05 ECHELLE 351( -732) 47 69 11.8 13.1 13.6 12.8 11.7 ND3 0.80 05:51 dis-slit 178( 101) -100 79 11.6 12.3 12.6 12.0 11.4 -- 1.11 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 63 39 14 271 (W) 1107 mstly cldy none 17:00 62 39 10 281 (W) 1119 mstly cldy none 18:00 59 41 9 324 (NW) 1243 cloudy none 19:00 57 41 6 31 (NNE) 920 cloudy none 20:00 55 39 12 9 (N) 622 cloudy none 21:00 56 40 3 125 (SE) 878 mstly cldy none 22:00 57 39 3 227 (SW) 1079 mstly cldy none 23:00 59 38 2 300 (WNW) 879 mstly cldy none 00:00 59 38 9 277 (W) 917 cloudy lt rain 01:00 58 38 5 288 (WNW) 845 cloudy none 02:00 59 37 6 286 (WNW) 688 cloudy none 03:00 57 38 5 284 (WNW) 789 cloudy none 04:00 56 39 5 344 (NNW) 711 mstly cldy none 05:00 54 39 6 299 (WNW) 769 clear none 06:00 53 39 9 347 (NNW) 560 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: 2.15.0 Current TUI version: 1.9.2