Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2011 06:56:12 -0600 (MDT) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20110919 From: "Jack Dembicky" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Monday, September 19, 2011 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- A.Bakos J.Hartman ECHELLE 18:00 05:38 W.Ketzeback W.Ketzeback ECHELLE/TSPEC 05:38 07:40 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- PU01/R 19:13 05:42 0 0 0 0 4.3 6.1 0 0 NM05/R 05:42 06:42 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky No problems tonight other than some intermittent clouds. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:35 ECHELLE 394( -543) -113 61 13.7 15.8 15.0 15.2 13.8 ND2 0.79 20:19 ECHELLE 372( -623) -29 53 13.5 14.6 14.4 14.1 13.5 clear 0.79 00:58 ECHELLE 363( -827) -139 71 11.1 11.0 11.4 10.8 10.6 clear 1.76 05:43 ECHELLE 393( -795) 157 78 11.5 11.1 11.6 11.1 11.1 clear 1.36 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 61 40 7 225 (SW) 449 ptly cldy none 17:00 62 36 9 269 (W) 398 ptly cldy none 18:00 64 40 7 265 (W) 444 ptly cldy none 19:00 57 39 7 234 (SW) 445 mstly clr none 20:00 56 37 7 222 (SW) 479 clear none 21:00 56 37 11 182 (S) 523 clear none 22:00 54 37 13 169 (S) 489 clear none 23:00 54 39 13 164 (SSE) 533 clear none 00:00 52 39 12 149 (SSE) 568 clear none 01:00 53 36 7 135 (SE) 508 mstly clr none 02:00 54 34 9 208 (SSW) 497 ptly cldy none 03:00 54 36 7 189 (S) 541 ptly cldy none 04:00 54 36 7 189 (S) 559 ptly cldy none 05:00 53 37 9 203 (SSW) 465 mstly clr none 06:00 52 38 9 207 (SSW) 496 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