Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2012 13:24:33 +0000 Subject: [35m-nightlogs] 3.5m Night Log 20120223 From: Nicholas Ule Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Thursday, February 23, 2012 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- S.Anderson A.Mukadam Agile 08:00 06:20 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UW03/R 18:04 00:10 0 0 0 0 4.2 1.9 0 0 UW03/R 00:10 06:29 0 0 0 0 6.3 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: N.Ule Dealt with clouds early on, observing was fine after 20:30. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:50 AGILE -1075(-1812) 72 38 6.1 7.4 7.1 7.0 6.3 BG40 2.10 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 51 15 23 266 (W) 1890 clear none 17:00 50 14 13 282 (WNW) 1288 clear none 18:00 46 17 11 266 (W) 1058 mstly clr none 19:00 44 12 14 265 (W) 1542 ptly cldy none 20:00 44 14 15 47 (NE) 960 ptly cldy none 21:00 44 9 2 329 (NNW) 502 mstly clr none 22:00 40 12 7 298 (WNW) 972 clear none 23:00 38 12 7 267 (W) 1507 clear none 00:00 38 13 17 355 (N) 1517 clear none 01:00 35 14 11 333 (NNW) 2168 clear none 02:00 34 14 11 336 (NNW) 2540 clear none 03:00 33 12 12 343 (NNW) 2334 clear none 04:00 32 10 12 341 (NNW) 2202 clear none 05:00 30 11 4 329 (NNW) 2523 clear none 06:00 32 2 20 341 (NNW) 1417 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