Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2012 12:50:28 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20120116 From: "Gabrelle Saurage" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Monday, January 16, 2012 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- J.Darling J.Darling DIS --:-- --:-- N.Chanover A.Verbiscer SPICam 02:15 03:55 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- CU05/R 17:29 00:10 6.7 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NM01/R 00:10 06:57 1.3 4.8 0 0 0 0.7 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: G.Saurage Wind, clouds, humidity, and radar returns all first half. Things improved some 2nd half, but we only managed to be open for 40 minutes before humidity was up again. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 35 30 37 268 (W) 1407 cloudy humid 17:00 35 30 32 255 (WSW) 759 cloudy humid 18:00 33 30 27 252 (WSW) 299 cloudy humid 19:00 31 31 25 267 (W) 521 cloudy humid 20:00 31 31 21 263 (W) 339 cloudy humid 21:00 31 30 10 264 (W) 524 cloudy humid 22:00 30 27 19 267 (W) 847 cloudy humid 23:00 30 26 5 274 (W) 1026 cloudy none 00:00 30 24 21 267 (W) 418 ptly cldy none 01:00 29 25 15 267 (W) 275 ptly cldy none 02:00 29 23 19 268 (W) 259 mstly clr none 03:00 29 24 8 251 (WSW) 219 mstly clr none 04:00 28 24 23 259 (W) 236 mstly clr humid 05:00 27 23 18 274 (W) 293 clear humid 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: 1.9.4