Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2012 11:54:52 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20120720 From: "Gabrelle Saurage" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, July 20, 2012 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- G.Wallerstein G.Wallerstein Echelle --:-- --:-- K.Kinemuchi K.Kinemuchi Echelle 22:15 01:13 A.Mukadam A.Mukadam Agile 01:17 05:50 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UW14/R 20:18 22:18 1.2 0.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 DD04/R 22:18 01:10 0 0 0 0 2.9 0.0 0 0 UW07/R 01:10 06:01 0 0 0 0 4.8 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: G.Saurage Local rain and clouds kept us closed for first few hours of the night. Opened at 22:15. Stayed open the rest of the night with consistent but thin clouds and high humidity. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 22:06 ECHELLE 419( -581) 254 59 13.9 14.6 14.8 14.2 13.6 0.88 00:28 AGILE -1175(-1634) 114 51 13.8 13.3 13.7 13.2 13.2 BG40 1.30 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 66 46 3 234 (SW) 712 cloudy none 17:00 67 44 1 174 (S) 586 cloudy none 18:00 59 50 15 71 (ENE) 994 cloudy none 19:00 60 49 14 85 (E) 995 cloudy none 20:00 59 49 14 83 (E) 1000 cloudy none 21:00 59 49 13 92 (E) 987 cloudy none 22:00 58 49 12 109 (ESE) 1111 ptly cldy none 23:00 57 49 17 111 (ESE) 1180 ptly cldy none 00:00 56 50 20 122 (ESE) 1237 ptly cldy none 01:00 56 50 15 114 (ESE) 1686 mstly cldy none 02:00 57 49 13 137 (SE) 1654 mstly cldy none 03:00 56 50 13 135 (SE) 2081 mstly cldy none 04:00 56 50 13 139 (SE) 2161 mstly cldy none 05:00 55 50 10 125 (SE) 2107 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