Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2012 13:04:18 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20120312 From: "Gabrelle Saurage" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Monday, March 12, 2012 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- W.Ketzeback G.Saurage ECHELLE 19:20 20:14 J.Bally J.Bally + students ECHELLE/DIS 20:15 01:13 J.Holtzman M.Hayden ECHELLE 01:13 07:20 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- NM09/R 19:18 20:18 0 0 0 0 1.0 0.0 0 0 CU01/R 20:18 01:10 0 0 0 0 4.1 0.8 0 0 NM06/R 01:10 07:07 0 0 0 0 0.0 5.9 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: G.Saurage Few clouds moving through first half. Good seeing. No problems. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:31 ECHELLE 690( -624) 218 75 6.0 8.6 7.3 8.2 6.1 ND3 0.83 19:18 dis-slit 432( 101) 335 50 5.7 6.9 6.6 6.5 5.7 0.97 23:30 ECHELLE 475(-1001) 47 40 5.8 4.8 5.3 4.7 5.1 1.26 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 51 6 13 252 (WSW) 928 mstly clr none 17:00 50 7 9 261 (W) 970 mstly clr none 18:00 49 6 10 259 (W) 1208 mstly clr none 19:00 43 2 10 209 (SSW) 1376 mstly clr none 20:00 43 5 9 196 (SSW) 1624 mstly clr none 21:00 42 7 9 186 (S) 2053 mstly clr none 22:00 41 3 8 199 (SSW) 1320 mstly clr none 23:00 42 1 6 201 (SSW) 1140 mstly clr none 00:00 42 0 6 212 (SSW) 1206 clear none 01:00 44 0 9 292 (WNW) 870 clear none 02:00 44 0 7 264 (W) 940 clear none 03:00 43 0 11 244 (WSW) 954 clear none 04:00 43 1 10 267 (W) 1139 clear none 05:00 44 0 14 268 (W) 1173 clear none 06:00 43 0 12 274 (W) 1063 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: 1.9.5