Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2012 11:15:50 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20120721 From: "Gabrelle Saurage" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, July 21, 2012 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- J.Prieto J.Prieto Echelle 21:40 01:10 M.Kasliwal M.Kasliwal DIS 01:12 03:30 C.Gray C.Gray ECHELLE --:-- --:-- INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- PU06/R 20:18 01:10 1.4 0 0 0 3.5 0 0 0 PU04/R 01:10 03:32 0 0 0 0 2.4 0.0 0 0 NM03/R 03:32 06:02 2.5 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: G.Saurage Overcast skies and local radar returns. We were open from 21:40 to 3:30 but the sky was cloudy the whole time with varying thickness. Closed at 3:30 due to overcast skies and local radar returns. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:47 ECHELLE 358( -473) 117 57 16.3 17.8 17.5 17.6 16.4 1.02 00:18 dis-slit 364( 482) 254 37 15.8 15.3 15.7 15.4 15.3 1.46 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 68 43 1 218 (SW) 1037 cloudy none 17:00 67 44 2 145 (SE) 1200 cloudy none 18:00 66 42 12 135 (SE) 1140 cloudy none 19:00 65 42 12 145 (SE) 1186 cloudy none 20:00 64 42 10 123 (ESE) 1204 cloudy none 21:00 62 40 14 113 (ESE) 1142 cloudy none 22:00 61 41 20 127 (SE) 1274 ptly cldy none 23:00 60 42 15 113 (ESE) 1529 ptly cldy none 00:00 60 43 14 126 (SE) 1978 ptly cldy none 01:00 60 44 12 130 (SE) 2045 mstly cldy none 02:00 61 42 13 143 (SE) 2055 mstly cldy none 03:00 61 41 12 145 (SE) 2368 mstly cldy none 04:00 60 41 12 140 (SE) 2300 mstly cldy none 05:00 60 41 14 145 (SE) 2620 mstly cldy 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