Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2012 11:35:28 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20120614 From: "Gabrelle Saurage" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Thursday, June 14, 2012 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- N.Silvestri J.Zhao, T.Oswalt DIS 20:30 01:05 G.Stringfellow G.Stringfellow ECHELLE 01:09 02:05 V.Kostov V.Kostov, Z.Tsvetanov DIS, Echelle 02:10 05:40 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UW11/R 20:22 01:10 0 0 0 0 4.8 0.0 0 0 CU06/R 01:10 02:10 0 0 0 0 1.0 0.0 0 0 JH07/R 02:10 05:46 0 0 0 0 0.8 2.8 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: G.Saurage Clear, 1.0" or less most of the night. Productive. Got this error once when trying to move the echelle slitviewer filter wheel. 11:04:57 APO.gabrelle 260 echelle f text="error from motor controller: '\x15[Invalid Command]\r>'" ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:01 dis-slit 462( 809) 265 64 18.7 20.4 20.2 19.9 18.8 1.17 00:14 ECHELLE 413( -432) 11 40 17.3 17.1 17.7 17.2 16.9 ND3 0.94 01:18 dis-slit 413( 571) -103 53 16.7 16.6 17.1 16.4 16.2 1.04 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 75 31 14 244 (WSW) 1258 clear none 17:00 74 30 15 267 (W) 1131 clear none 18:00 73 31 8 259 (W) 1274 clear none 19:00 70 26 13 261 (W) 1082 clear none 20:00 68 24 11 263 (W) 906 clear none 21:00 65 22 9 260 (W) 1017 clear none 22:00 65 22 10 253 (WSW) 1349 clear none 23:00 65 24 12 245 (WSW) 1886 clear none 00:00 64 26 13 227 (SW) 2035 clear none 01:00 63 22 12 229 (SW) 1719 clear none 02:00 62 22 12 232 (SW) 1557 clear none 03:00 61 25 10 254 (WSW) 1785 clear none 04:00 59 28 7 211 (SSW) 1929 clear none 05:00 58 32 12 233 (SW) 2157 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