Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2011 12:56:37 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20110920 From: alaina@apo.nmsu.edu Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Tuesday, September 20, 2011 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- A.McKay A.McKay ECHELLE 18:40 00:00 D.Bizyaev D.Bizyaev TSPEC 04:15 06:15 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- NM01/R 19:11 01:10 0.4 0.7 0 0 4.9 0 0 0 NM03/R 01:10 06:42 0 3.1 0 0 0.0 2.4 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky, A.Shelden More training for new obs spec, Alaina. Me. Had problems with the echelle slitviewer. Fritz was notified. Closed for clouds/rain/lightning from midnight to 4:15. Had one power glitch, reset mirror covers. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:11 ECHELLE 671( -256) -3 72 15.0 16.2 16.2 15.6 15.1 ND3 0.91 21:54 ECHELLE 400( -572) -76 58 15.2 15.1 15.5 14.7 14.6 ND2 0.71 04:27 TSPEC 365( 550) -115 57 14.1 13.3 14.2 13.3 13.5 Ks 1.18 04:27 TSPEC 365( 550) -115 57 14.1 13.3 14.2 13.3 13.5 Ks 1.18 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 64 32 12 262 (W) 412 clear none 17:00 63 33 5 265 (W) 462 clear none 18:00 64 34 9 266 (W) 476 clear none 19:00 60 33 7 333 (NNW) 464 clear none 20:00 59 32 10 38 (NE) 482 clear none 21:00 59 31 10 38 (NE) 436 clear none 22:00 60 31 9 67 (ENE) 473 clear none 23:00 59 31 5 89 (E) 393 mstly cldy none 00:00 59 31 1 128 (SE) 420 cloudy none 01:00 59 31 3 246 (WSW) 395 cloudy lt rain 02:00 54 36 9 253 (WSW) 551 cloudy none 03:00 57 27 3 142 (SE) 278 cloudy none 04:00 58 28 6 264 (W) 346 ptly cldy none 05:00 57 30 5 254 (WSW) 371 mstly clr none 06:00 57 30 1 199 (SSW) 353 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