Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2012 11:37:54 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20120423 From: "Gabrelle Saurage" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Monday, April 23, 2012 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- B.Woodgate C.Grady DIS 20:33 00:45 D.York D.York DIS 00:55 05:45 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- DD05/R 19:48 01:10 0 0 0 0 3.0 2.3 0 0 UC01/R 01:10 06:14 0 0 0 0 5.1 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: G.Saurage Some clouds in the middle of the night, and dust threatened around 3:30 am, but mostly clear with good seeing. No telescope 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:58 GFP 175( 466) 144 62 12.8 16.4 15.7 15.8 13.6 1.40 00:02 dis-slit 431( 408) 219 58 14.7 13.2 13.5 13.1 13.3 0.98 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 68 29 10 268 (W) 2121 clear none 17:00 69 29 14 256 (WSW) 2259 clear none 18:00 65 25 14 216 (SW) 1948 clear none 19:00 62 21 8 259 (W) 2057 clear none 20:00 57 21 6 244 (WSW) 2109 clear none 21:00 55 27 7 135 (SE) 2336 clear none 22:00 55 25 4 189 (S) 2139 ptly cldy none 23:00 56 25 1 182 (S) 2121 ptly cldy none 00:00 55 24 1 195 (SSW) 2166 ptly cldy none 01:00 59 21 6 217 (SW) 2016 ptly cldy none 02:00 57 24 8 204 (SSW) 2241 mstly clr none 03:00 56 26 12 187 (S) 2873 mstly clr none 04:00 56 25 5 184 (S) 4215 mstly clr none 05:00 56 24 7 255 (WSW) 3610 mstly clr 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