Date: Sat, 3 Sep 2011 11:39:31 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20110902 From: "Gabrelle Saurage" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, September 02, 2011 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- B.Fleming K.France DIS 19:55 23:30 J.Gauthier J.Gauthier DIS --:-- --:-- W.Ketzeback G.Saurage ECHELLE --:-- --:-- INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- JH04/R 19:35 01:10 1.6 0 0 0 1.0 3.0 0 0 UC01/R 01:10 05:31 4.3 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DD02/R 05:31 06:31 1.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: G.Saurage Open with decent seeing most of firt halfuntil local clouds and moving radar returns closed us. System hovered just north of us all night producing virga and radar returns. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:12 dis-slit 246( 614) -81 65 18.4 20.9 19.9 20.6 18.7 1.25 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 75 45 10 250 (WSW) 923 mstly clr none 17:00 67 44 1 211 (SSW) 953 mstly clr none 18:00 69 46 6 243 (WSW) 937 mstly clr none 19:00 66 44 1 234 (SW) 867 mstly clr none 20:00 65 43 2 102 (ESE) 976 mstly clr none 21:00 64 38 13 122 (ESE) 703 mstly clr none 22:00 63 37 13 129 (SE) 605 mstly clr none 23:00 62 36 9 125 (SE) 588 ptly cldy none 00:00 62 35 5 123 (ESE) 599 ptly cldy none 01:00 63 36 7 121 (ESE) 579 ptly cldy none 02:00 60 39 4 18 (NNE) 722 ptly cldy none 03:00 61 40 5 347 (NNW) 713 ptly cldy none 04:00 61 41 3 327 (NNW) 672 ptly cldy none 05:00 60 39 5 259 (W) 618 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: 1.9.1