Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20120206 From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2012 13:35:34 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Monday, February 06, 2012 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- A.Ritchey A.Ritchey Echelle 17:37 19:20 11:15 00:15 J.Wisniewski J.Wisniewski Echelle 00:15 01:05 C.Blake C.Blake ECHELLE 01:10 06:50 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UW13/R 17:49 00:10 0 3.9 0 0 0.0 2.5 0 0 UW06/R 00:10 01:10 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.0 0 0 PU05/R 01:10 06:45 0 0 0 0 0.2 5.3 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky 19:20 clouds got too thick. Seemed to thin around 21:35 when we re-opeend, clouds returned before I could finish my focus sweep. No problems otherwise. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:44 ECHELLE 604(-1099) 35 62 0.1 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.1 ND2 1.00 21:38 ECHELLE 608(-1138) -53 55 0.3 -0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 ND3 1.20 00:20 ECHELLE 577(-1177) 130 60 0.1 -0.2 0.2 0.0 -0.3 ND2 1.30 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 34 18 15 255 (WSW) 1184 mstly cldy none 17:00 33 17 17 240 (WSW) 991 mstly cldy none 18:00 33 15 19 244 (WSW) 475 mstly cldy none 19:00 32 16 17 236 (SW) 824 mstly cldy none 20:00 32 17 11 263 (W) 1173 cloudy none 21:00 32 15 12 264 (W) 978 cloudy none 22:00 33 15 19 277 (W) 972 cloudy none 23:00 33 15 14 264 (W) 801 cloudy none 00:00 32 15 19 264 (W) 931 ptly cldy none 01:00 31 16 15 267 (W) 1182 mstly cldy none 02:00 30 17 9 278 (W) 1347 mstly cldy none 03:00 31 14 17 285 (WNW) 1089 ptly cldy none 04:00 31 14 16 247 (WSW) 762 ptly cldy none 05:00 30 13 10 285 (WNW) 798 mstly clr none 06:00 30 11 7 280 (W) 583 ptly cldy 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