Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20120217 From: alaina@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2012 12:25:54 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, February 17, 2012 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- B.Woodgate B.Woodgate GFP --:-- --:-- J.Holtzman J.Holtzman DIS --:-- --:-- INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- DD03/R 17:59 00:10 6.2 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 NM07/R 00:10 06:35 4.1 2.3 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Shelden Night entirely lost to snow falling/blowing, clouds, humidity, and wind. Temps too cold for the roof heaters. Did some more tspec darks and calculated Echelle interorder light for Joe. Called it a night and mounted GFP at 05:00. Telescope parked at high altitude and facing south. ------- 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 27 26 8 265 (W) 59106 cloudy snow 17:00 25 25 10 306 (NW) 28141 cloudy snow 18:00 24 24 2 291 (WNW) 975 cloudy snow 19:00 24 24 3 353 (N) 1448 cloudy snow 20:00 25 24 4 286 (WNW) 15948 cloudy lt snow 21:00 24 24 5 24 (NNE) 9244 ptly cldy humid 22:00 24 22 11 356 (N) 1347 ptly cldy humid 23:00 24 22 16 29 (NNE) 1161 ptly cldy humid 00:00 24 24 4 1 (N) 1479 ptly cldy humid 01:00 24 22 25 20 (NNE) 2302 ptly cldy humid 02:00 24 22 22 26 (NNE) 2979 ptly cldy humid 03:00 24 22 22 11 (N) 2691 ptly cldy humid 04:00 25 11 9 32 (NNE) 1071 ptly cldy humid 05:00 24 15 15 59 (ENE) 1264 ptly cldy 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