From: Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20110915 Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2011 11:57:08 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Thursday, September 15, 2011 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- J.Coughlin J.Coughlin DIS --:-- --:-- P.Szkody R.McMillan DIS 00:30 01:10 T.Murphy R.McMillan APOLLO 01:15 01:50 J.Wisniewski J.Wisniewski Echelle --:-- --:-- INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- NM04/R 19:18 00:10 1.3 3.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 UW12/R 00:10 01:10 0 0.3 0 0 0.0 0.7 0 0 DD01/R 01:10 02:10 0 0.3 0 0 0.0 0.7 0 0 UW10/R 02:10 06:39 0 4.5 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: R.McMillan,A.Shelden Rain first half, threat of rain and high humidity second half, but we did manage to get some useful data for the short programs around midnight. Everything worked well, and we also did lots of training for our newest observing specialist. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 00:39 dis-slit -105( -230) 2 52 9.2 11.0 11.6 10.5 9.5 - 1.50 01:14 APOLLO 195( 750) 82 59 10.5 10.7 11.2 10.4 10.2 530 1.50 02:08 ECHELLE 303( -917) 82 56 9.6 10.2 10.6 10.0 9.5 Clear 1.05 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 55 47 14 223 (SW) 459 mstly cldy none 17:00 58 49 9 195 (SSW) 479 mstly cldy none 18:00 53 48 9 263 (W) 559 mstly cldy none 19:00 52 44 8 186 (S) 545 cloudy none 20:00 43 44 29 32 (NNE) 221 cloudy rain 21:00 48 40 2 276 (W) 181 cloudy lt rain 22:00 47 42 10 119 (ESE) 254 cloudy none 23:00 48 41 7 15 (NNE) 326 ptly cldy none 00:00 49 42 6 352 (N) 563 ptly cldy none 01:00 52 38 11 284 (WNW) 439 ptly cldy none 02:00 49 41 7 221 (SW) 461 mstly cldy none 03:00 50 41 6 205 (SSW) 515 mstly cldy none 04:00 46 43 6 154 (SSE) 200 mstly cldy humid 05:00 46 46 8 189 (S) 419 mstly cldy humid 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