Date: Sun, 20 May 2012 11:22:05 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20120519 From: "Gabrelle Saurage" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, May 19, 2012 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- C.Churchill G.Kacprzak DIS 20:30 00:55 A.Brown A.Brown ECHELLE 00:58 05:00 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- NM07/R 20:07 01:10 0 0 0 0 5.1 0.0 0 0 CU01/R 01:10 05:52 0 0 0 0 4.5 0.2 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: G.Saurage Clear skies, good seeing. ecam mask somehow spontaneously got off from the slit around 01:50. I restarted ecamera and it recovered. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:46 dis-slit 445( 528) 223 75 14.0 15.4 15.3 15.2 14.0 0.85 00:02 ECHELLE 479( -582) 116 49 12.8 13.1 13.6 13.1 12.5 1.47 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 62 20 14 270 (W) 2832 clear none 17:00 64 21 7 241 (WSW) 2842 clear none 18:00 62 19 15 244 (WSW) 2970 clear none 19:00 61 17 17 268 (W) 2801 clear none 20:00 57 14 13 265 (W) 3126 clear none 21:00 57 14 9 260 (W) 2898 clear none 22:00 57 14 9 256 (WSW) 2720 clear none 23:00 57 13 11 256 (WSW) 2655 clear none 00:00 56 12 6 244 (WSW) 2676 clear none 01:00 55 12 7 221 (SW) 2532 clear none 02:00 56 12 10 204 (SSW) 2253 clear none 03:00 55 13 8 178 (S) 2116 clear none 04:00 55 12 12 161 (SSE) 2277 clear none 05:00 44 32 17 91 (E) 4332 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