Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2012 13:15:38 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20120103 From: "Gabrelle Saurage" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Tuesday, January 03, 2012 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- N.Chanover N.Chanover DIS/Echelle 17:40 00:01 T.Yan T.Yan TSPEC 00:14 05:00 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- NM02/R 17:18 00:10 0 0 0 0 0.0 6.9 0 0 CU04/R 00:10 06:57 2.0 0 0 0 1.9 2.9 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: G.Saurage Mostly clear, becoming windy late 2nd half. High winds forced us to close around 5am. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:58 dis-slit 721( 409) -4 45 5.6 7.2 5.4 7.3 5.8 1.38 22:22 ECHELLE 530(-1015) 23 65 3.6 4.0 4.3 3.8 3.3 ND2 1.31 01:23 TSPEC 450( 103) 86 66 3.8 3.0 3.5 3.1 3.1 1.18 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 45 0 1 333 (NNW) 98 clear none 17:00 44 0 14 21 (NNE) 124 clear none 18:00 42 3 15 19 (NNE) 177 clear none 19:00 41 3 14 14 (NNE) 218 clear none 20:00 41 6 11 7 (N) 261 clear none 21:00 39 8 12 339 (NNW) 265 clear none 22:00 38 11 14 12 (NNE) 378 clear none 23:00 39 12 15 6 (N) 643 clear none 00:00 38 14 18 360 (N) 411 cloudy none 01:00 38 14 23 8 (N) 513 cloudy none 02:00 40 11 13 2 (N) 385 mstly clr none 03:00 38 12 22 28 (NNE) 395 mstly clr none 04:00 38 7 25 67 (ENE) 326 mstly clr none 05:00 33 12 39 70 (ENE) 384 mstly clr none 06:00 30 13 39 64 (ENE) 521 mstly clr 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: 1.9.4