Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2012 11:01:55 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20120812 From: "Gabrelle Saurage" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Sunday, August 12, 2012 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- S.Ballard S.Ballard DIS 20:05 22:40 V.Kostov V.Kostov DIS, echelle --:-- --:-- INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UW03/R 19:59 01:10 2.2 0 0 0 3.0 0.0 0 0 DD06/R 01:10 06:17 1.4 3.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: G.Saurage Little rain in the area this afternoon. Cleared a bit and we opened. Wind gusts, radar returns, and clouds increased. Closed at 22:40. Conditions did not improve, did not open again. Rained around 2 am and again at 5 am. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:41 dis-slit 394( 694) -95 75 18.6 19.7 19.7 19.5 18.7 1.04 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 7 95 (E) 1347 cloudy none 17:00 20 79 (E) 768 cloudy none 18:00 68 41 8 56 (NE) 861 cloudy none 19:00 67 40 12 58 (ENE) 696 cloudy none 20:00 66 39 17 80 (E) 740 ptly cldy none 21:00 66 40 20 75 (ENE) 927 ptly cldy none 22:00 66 42 20 75 (ENE) 1172 ptly cldy none 23:00 58 47 29 71 (ENE) 2136 mstly cldy none 00:00 54 47 28 76 (ENE) 1445 mstly cldy none 01:00 53 47 31 74 (ENE) 1426 mstly cldy none 02:00 52 46 25 79 (E) 757 cloudy rain 03:00 51 46 27 69 (ENE) 689 cloudy none 04:00 52 45 17 76 (ENE) 460 cloudy none 05:00 50 46 24 80 (E) 423 cloudy rain 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