Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20120508 From: alaina@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Wed, 9 May 2012 10:59:32 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Tuesday, May 08, 2012 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- G.Bakos X.Huang ECHELLE --:-- --:-- G.Bakos X.Huang ECHELLE --:-- --:-- INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- PU04/R 19:59 01:10 2.9 2.2 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 PU04/R 01:10 06:00 0 4.8 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Shelden Rain and thunderstorms, then high humidity and fog. The whole night was lost. Candace was unable to get her twilight observations. Called it a night at 04:50. ------- 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 42 38 17 58 (ENE) 1166 cloudy lt rain 17:00 38 37 14 82 (E) 1386 cloudy humid 18:00 39 37 17 84 (E) 1485 cloudy humid 19:00 39 36 10 84 (E) 1775 cloudy humid 20:00 37 37 5 355 (N) 2060 cloudy humid 21:00 38 37 14 72 (ENE) 1614 cloudy humid 22:00 38 36 9 86 (E) 1722 cloudy humid 23:00 36 35 15 85 (E) 703 cloudy humid 00:00 37 37 10 82 (E) 1792 cloudy humid 01:00 37 37 23 75 (ENE) 2313 cloudy humid 02:00 37 36 21 69 (ENE) 1620 cloudy humid 03:00 37 36 22 73 (ENE) 2415 ptly cldy humid 04:00 36 36 18 74 (ENE) 9578 ptly cldy 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