Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2011 12:14:24 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20110916 From: "Gabrelle Saurage" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, September 16, 2011 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- W.Bhatti W.Bhatti DIS 19:50 01:00 N.Silvestri J.Zhao DIS 01:02 06:00 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- JH01/R 19:17 01:10 0.5 0 0 0 1.5 3.9 0 0 UW09/R 01:10 06:40 0 0 0 0 0.0 5.5 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: G.Saurage Thunderstorms in the area at sunset. Once they passed it was a clear humid night. Clouds rolling in near twilight. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:02 dis-slit 291( 248) 56 39 10.6 12.3 12.0 12.4 10.9 1.27 21:48 dis-slit 232( 94) 3 57 11.1 10.9 11.1 10.8 10.8 1.03 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 55 49 14 224 (SW) 728 ptly cldy none 17:00 54 47 13 244 (WSW) 767 ptly cldy none 18:00 56 48 10 242 (WSW) 870 ptly cldy none 19:00 52 46 13 240 (WSW) 1129 ptly cldy none 20:00 51 45 10 249 (WSW) 1150 mstly clr none 21:00 51 45 9 232 (SW) 1138 clear none 22:00 52 44 12 265 (W) 946 clear none 23:00 51 45 13 247 (WSW) 917 clear none 00:00 52 45 7 268 (W) 964 clear none 01:00 50 44 10 271 (W) 892 clear none 02:00 51 45 10 265 (W) 983 clear none 03:00 51 45 10 266 (W) 953 clear none 04:00 51 45 13 264 (W) 959 clear none 05:00 50 45 13 256 (WSW) 966 clear none 06:00 49 45 12 246 (WSW) 987 cloudy 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: 1.9.2