Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2012 13:50:36 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20120105 From: "Gabrelle Saurage" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Thursday, January 05, 2012 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- N.Chanover N.Chanover ECHELLE/TSPEC 17:30 23:02 W.Ketzeback G.Saurage ECHELLE/TSPEC 23:02 01:11 T.X.Thuan, Y.I.Izotov TSPEC 01:12 06:40 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- NM02/R 17:20 23:10 0 0 0 0 0.0 5.8 0 0 NM09/R 23:10 00:10 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.0 0 0 UV02/R 00:10 06:58 0 0 0 0 2.1 4.7 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: G.Saurage Clear skies, good 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:58 ECHELLE 607( -793) 32 57 4.6 6.7 6.0 6.1 4.5 ND2 1.59 22:12 ECHELLE 496(-1070) 24 64 4.4 3.6 4.0 3.4 3.5 ND2 1.30 00:08 ECHELLE 525(-1039) -136 74 4.2 3.7 4.2 3.7 3.8 ND3 0.84 00:52 TSPEC 475( 146) -125 65 3.6 3.4 3.8 3.3 3.5 0.49 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 44 0 7 354 (N) 250 clear none 17:00 43 -2 8 5 (N) 94 clear none 18:00 39 -4 7 16 (NNE) 128 clear none 19:00 39 -4 8 356 (N) 95 clear none 20:00 39 -6 12 355 (N) 131 clear none 21:00 38 -4 9 338 (NNW) 147 clear none 22:00 39 0 7 13 (NNE) 219 clear none 23:00 38 3 11 348 (NNW) 173 clear none 00:00 39 7 9 349 (N) 235 clear none 01:00 40 9 8 2 (N) 227 clear none 02:00 39 9 6 353 (N) 207 clear none 03:00 38 8 6 334 (NNW) 256 clear none 04:00 39 9 12 340 (NNW) 248 clear none 05:00 36 9 10 355 (N) 247 clear none 06:00 41 -3 14 318 (NW) 145 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