From: Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20110914 Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2011 11:36:12 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday, September 14, 2011 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- M.Kaiser M.Kaiser ECHELLE/TSPEC --:-- --:-- A.Verbiscer A.Verbiscer TRIPLESPEC --:-- --:-- W.Ketzeback R.McMillan ECHELLE/TSPEC --:-- --:-- INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- JH03/R 19:19 01:10 0.8 5.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 UV01/R 01:10 05:38 0 4.5 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 NM05/R 05:38 06:38 0 1.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: R.McMillan Light to heavy rain, high humidity, and clouds all night. Triplespec got hung up twice, requiring a nubs restart; at least one of these hangups was triggered when the remote observer lost connection. Most instruments deal more gracefully with loss of connection so we might need to look at this more closely if it recurs. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 58 46 18 202 (SSW) 415 mstly cldy none 17:00 61 46 9 207 (SSW) 412 mstly cldy none 18:00 55 44 8 201 (SSW) 519 cloudy none 19:00 48 48 14 206 (SSW) 893 cloudy rain 20:00 49 43 13 223 (SW) 282 cloudy rain 21:00 47 42 12 232 (SW) 184 cloudy lt rain 22:00 50 42 14 280 (W) 201 cloudy none 23:00 45 45 14 267 (W) 698 cloudy rain 00:00 43 43 2 289 (WNW) 125 cloudy rain 01:00 45 43 10 170 (S) 186 cloudy rain 02:00 45 44 16 189 (S) 108 cloudy lt rain 03:00 46 45 2 187 (S) 175 cloudy lt rain 04:00 47 45 8 227 (SW) 277 cloudy lt rain 05:00 46 44 8 249 (WSW) 172 cloudy lt rain 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: 1.9.2