Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2011 12:49:11 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20110924 From: alaina@apo.nmsu.edu Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, September 24, 2011 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ----------------------------------------------------------- A.Mukadam A.Mukadam Agile 1910 0630 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ----------------------------------------------------------- UW03/R 19:06 06:45 0 0 0 0 9.7 2.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Shelden, J.Huehnerhoff Night was clear with seeing a bit variable 0.8-2" Nimble needed to be rebooted after Agile aborted on reads this afternoon. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:40 AGILE -1400(-1614) 119 34 15.8 17.5 16.6 16.7 15.5 BG40 1.50 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 65 22 12 295 (WNW) 526 clear none 17:00 65 22 15 262 (W) 545 clear none 18:00 63 22 9 299 (WNW) 459 clear none 19:00 60 22 6 265 (W) 488 clear none 20:00 60 21 8 282 (WNW) 556 clear none 21:00 61 21 7 276 (W) 515 clear none 22:00 60 21 7 262 (W) 527 clear none 23:00 58 22 9 221 (SW) 523 clear none 00:00 59 21 11 233 (SW) 544 clear none 01:00 59 19 8 249 (WSW) 470 clear none 02:00 59 19 5 188 (S) 492 clear none 03:00 59 19 2 203 (SSW) 465 clear none 04:00 59 19 3 220 (SW) 431 clear none 05:00 59 20 6 290 (WNW) 471 clear none 06:00 59 20 1 252 (WSW) 465 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