Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2012 11:43:28 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20120719 From: "Gabrelle Saurage" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Thursday, July 19, 2012 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- A.More M.Gladders DIS 20:20 00:58 B.Balick B.Balick DIS 00:00 02:30 T.David T.David DIS 04:05 05:45 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UC05/R 20:19 01:10 0 0 0 0 4.7 0.2 0 0 DD03/R 01:10 03:45 1.2 0 0 0 1.4 0.0 0 0 JH01/R 03:45 06:01 0.3 0 0 0 2.3 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: G.Saurage Clear skies became patchy and humidity rose second half. We closed at 2:30 due to humidity. Reopened at 4 am. Poor or variable seeing rest of the night. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:15 dis-slit 323( 436) 210 58 13.1 15.8 15.8 14.8 13.5 1.13 00:11 dis-slit 501( 397) 88 66 11.8 11.7 12.1 11.8 11.6 1.36 03:15 dis-slit 335( 269) -54 23 11.4 11.2 11.6 11.4 11.2 2.91 03:25 dis-slit 397( 292) 15 41 11.3 11.1 11.5 11.3 11.1 1.89 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 67 45 11 47 (NE) 528 mstly clr none 17:00 64 45 17 74 (ENE) 637 mstly clr none 18:00 62 45 15 85 (E) 707 mstly clr none 19:00 60 45 16 101 (E) 1162 mstly clr none 20:00 58 48 7 116 (ESE) 1339 mstly clr none 21:00 56 48 22 82 (E) 1568 mstly clr none 22:00 55 48 26 76 (ENE) 1675 mstly clr none 23:00 55 48 18 84 (E) 1649 mstly clr none 00:00 54 49 21 73 (ENE) 1618 mstly clr none 01:00 53 48 28 75 (ENE) 1603 mstly clr none 02:00 53 49 21 79 (E) 1532 mstly clr none 03:00 52 49 23 86 (E) 1519 mstly clr humid 04:00 53 47 22 83 (E) 1300 mstly clr none 05:00 52 46 21 74 (ENE) 1501 mstly clr 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