Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2012 11:50:59 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20120630 From: "Gabrelle Saurage" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, June 30, 2012 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- T.Murphy R.McMillan APOLLO --:-- --:-- A.Ginsburg J.Bally TripleSpec 21:15 01:08 G.Stringfellow G.Stringfellow ECHELLE 01:14 03:00 A.Ginsburg J.Bally TripleSpec 03:03 05:50 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- DD01/R 20:24 21:09 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.8 0 0 CU05/R 21:09 01:10 0 0 0 0 0.0 4.0 0 0 CU06/R 01:10 02:10 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.7 0 0 CU05/R 02:10 05:50 0 0 0 0 2.0 1.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: G.Saurage Local rain delayed opening. Cleared overhead around 21:00 with radar returns still in the area. Terrible seeing most of the night, improving some 2nd half. No 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 00:19 ECHELLE 410( -508) -11 40 15.9 15.7 16.2 15.8 15.7 ND1 2.03 02:06 TSPEC 406( 710) 310 64 16.2 15.7 16.2 15.8 15.8 1.65 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 68 40 8 83 (E) 1261 ptly cldy none 17:00 66 37 16 80 (E) 398 ptly cldy none 18:00 67 40 24 47 (NE) 669 ptly cldy none 19:00 68 37 14 84 (E) 658 ptly cldy none 20:00 67 37 8 96 (E) 607 ptly cldy none 21:00 66 38 11 80 (E) 911 mstly clr none 22:00 63 41 13 86 (E) 1094 mstly clr none 23:00 62 43 12 86 (E) 1525 mstly clr none 00:00 61 43 22 76 (ENE) 1575 ptly cldy none 01:00 61 42 16 70 (ENE) 1660 ptly cldy none 02:00 62 42 11 90 (E) 1992 ptly cldy none 03:00 62 40 10 84 (E) 1341 clear none 04:00 64 40 8 88 (E) 1335 clear none 05:00 65 39 9 87 (E) 1161 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