Date: Tue, 8 May 2012 12:01:17 +0000 Subject: [35m-nightlogs] 3.5m Night Log 20120507 From: Nicholas Ule Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Monday, May 07, 2012 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- M.Gladders M.Gladders Nicfps 19:59 01:10 A.Ginsburg A.Ginsburg TripleSpec 01:10 06:01 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UC04/R 19:59 01:10 1.9 3.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 CU05/R 01:10 06:01 0 4.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: N.Ule Note on the instrument fills. Presenty Echelle will drop to about 5/8 of its total capacity over 24 hours. GFP seems to hold for about 11 hours. Weather did not allow for observing. ------- 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 61 21 31 233 (SW) 2641 cloudy none 17:00 61 19 27 224 (SW) 2443 cloudy none 18:00 56 18 25 213 (SSW) 2442 cloudy none 19:00 54 25 14 188 (S) 2547 cloudy none 20:00 51 26 12 152 (SSE) 2407 cloudy lt rain 21:00 49 34 4 196 (SSW) 2797 cloudy lt rain 22:00 44 36 14 106 (ESE) 3310 cloudy humid 23:00 39 37 21 78 (ENE) 1695 cloudy humid 00:00 38 37 22 65 (ENE) 2577 cloudy humid 01:00 37 37 19 71 (ENE) 2693 cloudy humid 02:00 37 37 19 80 (E) 1220 cloudy humid 03:00 37 37 19 78 (ENE) 896 cloudy humid 04:00 39 38 16 81 (E) 1014 cloudy humid 05:00 39 38 16 89 (E) 384 cloudy humid 06:00 38 37 20 81 (E) 130 cloudy humid 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