Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2012 13:14:03 +0000 Subject: [35m-nightlogs] 3.5m Night Log 20120323 From: Nicholas Ule Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, March 23, 2012 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- J.Davenport J.Davenport DIS 19:04 01:10 J.Darling J.Darling DIS 01:10 06:56 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UW11/R 19:26 01:10 0 0 0 0 4.5 1.2 0 0 CU05/R 01:10 06:53 0 0 0 0 5.7 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: N.Ule Observing was good tonight, though we did see a large number of satellites/asteriods. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:02 dis-slit 302( 216) 11 62 9.8 12.0 11.2 11.1 9.7 0.88 00:16 dis-slit 398( 184) 8 27 8.5 8.4 9.0 8.6 8.3 1.16 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 56 15 12 281 (W) 306 clear none 17:00 57 14 14 284 (WNW) 337 clear none 18:00 57 14 9 282 (WNW) 304 clear none 19:00 53 13 6 271 (W) 382 clear none 20:00 49 13 8 265 (W) 539 clear none 21:00 50 14 10 247 (WSW) 626 clear none 22:00 50 14 9 261 (W) 542 clear none 23:00 49 14 8 249 (WSW) 678 clear none 00:00 49 14 9 263 (W) 509 clear none 01:00 48 17 8 264 (W) 491 clear none 02:00 48 17 8 269 (W) 548 clear none 03:00 48 14 12 290 (WNW) 629 clear none 04:00 48 14 11 321 (NW) 814 clear none 05:00 47 18 7 330 (NNW) 1141 clear none 06:00 48 18 12 311 (NW) 1215 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