Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2012 12:26:42 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20120309 From: mcmillan@apo.nmsu.edu Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, March 09, 2012 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- J.Bally J.Bally ECHELLE --:-- --:-- T.Murphy R.McMillan APOLLO --:-- --:-- J.Bally J.Bally ECHELLE --:-- --:-- INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- CU01/R 18:16 00:10 1.7 4.2 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 DD02/R 00:10 01:10 0 1.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 CU01/R 01:10 06:11 0 5.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: R.McMillan Clouds, high humidity, and something in between freezing fog or blowing snow. ------- 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 24 19 1 204 (SSW) 3238 cloudy humid 17:00 22 21 15 127 (SE) 3259 cloudy none 18:00 21 20 10 115 (ESE) 2633 cloudy none 19:00 22 20 17 125 (SE) 3165 cloudy none 20:00 23 22 18 127 (SE) 3493 cloudy none 21:00 25 24 21 135 (SE) 3880 cloudy none 22:00 26 25 19 148 (SSE) 3276 cloudy none 23:00 25 25 16 146 (SE) 10510 cloudy none 00:00 25 24 19 129 (SE) 4727 cloudy none 01:00 25 25 20 133 (SE) 9651 cloudy none 02:00 25 25 3 128 (SE) 10746 cloudy none 03:00 26 25 17 139 (SE) 4395 cloudy none 04:00 25 24 30 125 (SE) 2783 cloudy none 05:00 23 22 19 115 (ESE) 3061 cloudy 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