Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2012 13:26:42 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20120104 From: "Gabrelle Saurage" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday, January 04, 2012 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- N.Chanover N.Chanover TSPEC, Echelle 17:25 00:03 T.Murphy R.McMillan APOLLO 00:06 01:07 S.Hawley K.Covey TSPEC 01:09 06:40 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- NM02/R 17:19 00:10 0 0 0 0 0.0 6.9 0 0 DD01/R 00:10 01:10 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.0 0 0 UW04/R 01:10 06:58 0 0 0 0 3.0 2.8 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: G.Saurage Clear skies, mediocre seeing. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 23:15 ECHELLE 531(-1151) -36 42 0.7 0.8 1.0 0.8 0.7 ND2 1.24 01:14 APOLLO 550( 579) -89 43 0.6 0.1 0.5 0.0 0.2 1.70 02:12 TSPEC 475( 19) -174 47 2.1 0.6 0.9 0.7 1.8 1.80 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 38 12 8 316 (NW) 322 clear none 17:00 36 14 2 34 (NE) 463 clear none 18:00 34 16 1 236 (SW) 483 clear none 19:00 34 17 14 7 (N) 388 clear none 20:00 34 17 15 8 (N) 416 clear none 21:00 34 14 10 0 (N) 397 clear none 22:00 34 15 10 3 (N) 562 clear none 23:00 33 15 1 233 (SW) 492 clear none 00:00 33 12 7 28 (NNE) 931 clear none 01:00 35 9 12 24 (NNE) 436 clear none 02:00 35 6 13 15 (NNE) 295 clear none 03:00 39 -3 13 56 (NE) 168 clear none 04:00 41 -5 12 77 (ENE) 76 clear none 05:00 41 -4 9 93 (E) 63 clear none 06:00 41 -4 7 104 (ESE) 81 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: 1.9.4