Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2011 12:05:17 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20110917 From: "Gabrelle Saurage" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, September 17, 2011 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- A.Bakos J.Hartman ECHELLE 19:35 06:00 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- PU01/R 19:15 01:10 0 0 0 0 2.7 3.2 0 0 PU01/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 Few clouds early first half otherwise clear night. Good seeing. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:55 ECHELLE 627( -408) 247 59 12.1 13.9 13.1 13.7 12.5 ND2 0.77 21:27 ECHELLE 414( -710) -11 78 12.1 12.3 12.4 12.2 11.9 ND1 0.90 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 58 43 20 242 (WSW) 616 mstly clr none 17:00 59 38 9 271 (W) 649 mstly clr none 18:00 59 36 15 265 (W) 515 mstly clr none 19:00 56 36 16 260 (W) 609 clear none 20:00 54 37 12 257 (WSW) 675 clear none 21:00 54 37 16 263 (W) 577 ptly cldy none 22:00 54 37 10 258 (WSW) 609 ptly cldy none 23:00 53 38 9 266 (W) 643 clear none 00:00 52 36 14 289 (WNW) 702 clear none 01:00 52 36 7 269 (W) 798 clear none 02:00 53 36 10 308 (NW) 659 clear none 03:00 53 36 7 329 (NNW) 651 clear none 04:00 53 37 9 357 (N) 642 clear none 05:00 53 38 11 3 (N) 800 clear none 06:00 52 37 13 354 (N) 915 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: 2.14.0 Current TUI version: 1.9.2