From: Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20110923 Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2011 13:02:19 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, September 23, 2011 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- W.Bhatti W.Bhatti DIS 19:30 01:05 D.Bizyaev V.Malanushenko TRIPLESPEC 01:15 05:40 W.Ketzeback W.Ketzeback ECHELLE/TSPEC 05:44 06:40 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- JH01/R 19:07 01:10 0 0 0 0 6.1 0.0 0 0 NM03/R 01:10 05:44 0 0 0 0 2.5 2.1 0 0 NM05/R 05:44 06:44 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: R.McMillan Clear skies and moderate seeing, a peaceful and productive night. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:37 dis-slit 350( 505) 97 50 14.9 16.4 15.5 16.2 14.5 1.50 01:42 TSPEC 321( 478) 187 81 13.5 12.9 13.4 12.9 12.7 Ks 1.50 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 61 32 9 290 (WNW) 723 clear none 17:00 63 30 11 291 (WNW) 638 clear none 18:00 62 25 9 279 (W) 653 clear none 19:00 59 25 5 278 (W) 553 clear none 20:00 58 25 5 347 (NNW) 546 clear none 21:00 58 25 1 224 (SW) 608 clear none 22:00 58 24 4 213 (SSW) 596 clear none 23:00 58 27 6 232 (SW) 650 clear none 00:00 57 30 5 194 (SSW) 699 clear none 01:00 56 29 7 188 (S) 762 clear none 02:00 57 30 8 232 (SW) 801 clear none 03:00 56 30 4 234 (SW) 1000 clear none 04:00 56 30 5 205 (SSW) 1228 clear none 05:00 55 30 8 245 (WSW) 1277 clear none 06:00 55 28 10 237 (WSW) 1279 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: 2.15.0 Current TUI version: 1.9.2