Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20120609 From: alaina@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2012 11:33:04 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, June 09, 2012 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- X.Huang X.Huang ECHELLE 19:40 01:14 G.Wallerstein G.Wallerstein ECHELLE 01:14 05:20 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- PU06/R 20:20 01:10 0 0 0 0 4.0 0.9 0 0 UW16/R 01:10 05:46 0 0 0 0 0.0 4.6 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Shelden At 04:30 got the following error message: 10:25:54 APO.alaina 223 ecam f text="\"could not read new image file: [Errno 21] Is a directory\"" Ecam would take exposures, but failed on guiding. I restarted ecam and then it was happy again. Other than that, the night was productive with good seeing. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:08 ECHELLE 338( -448) 113 56 18.3 18.7 19.2 18.0 17.8 ND2 0.98 01:11 ECHELLE 433( -503) -130 41 15.7 15.4 15.9 15.3 15.2 ND3 1.20 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 71 27 26 284 (WNW) 1994 clear none 17:00 74 30 23 252 (WSW) 1798 clear none 18:00 72 29 24 262 (W) 2084 clear none 19:00 69 24 28 278 (W) 3406 clear none 20:00 66 21 16 285 (WNW) 2108 clear none 21:00 65 18 13 263 (W) 3452 clear none 22:00 64 20 11 292 (WNW) 2225 clear none 23:00 63 19 13 266 (W) 2698 clear none 00:00 61 18 16 271 (W) 2106 clear none 01:00 60 17 16 279 (W) 1590 clear none 02:00 60 15 13 271 (W) 1377 clear none 03:00 59 15 17 268 (W) 1357 clear none 04:00 58 13 13 268 (W) 1295 clear none 05:00 58 15 18 279 (W) 1744 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