Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2012 12:02:02 +0000 Subject: [35m-nightlogs] 3.5m Night Log 20120819 From: Nicholas Ule Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Sunday, August 19, 2012 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- C.Blake C.Blake DIS 19:52 01:05 S.Johnson S.Johnson DIS 01:07 05:25 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- PU01/R 19:52 01:10 1.3 0.8 0 0 3.0 0.2 0 0 UC02/R 01:10 06:22 3.8 0 0 0 1.4 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: N.Ule, A.Shugart Night began cloudy with some rain but cleared up by the time the first observers cals were finished. Had some high levels of humidity from 22:25-22:55, and again starting at 23:55 until 00:20, once more from 00:50 to 02:10, had a brief window until 02:30 03:10, and again at 03:35 until the end of the observing time. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:40 ECHELLE 431( -574) 118 65 13.8 14.6 14.9 14.8 13.9 clear 1.21 01:12 dis-slit 377( 300) 342 55 12.8 12.0 12.5 12.0 12.8 1.63 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 63 52 7 139 (SE) 1613 cloudy lt rain 17:00 56 49 3 114 (ESE) 1816 cloudy rain 18:00 53 44 32 67 (ENE) 978 cloudy lt rain 19:00 57 39 13 83 (E) 785 cloudy none 20:00 60 36 12 122 (ESE) 842 ptly cldy none 21:00 56 44 11 99 (E) 1074 clear none 22:00 55 50 12 91 (E) 1524 clear humid 23:00 54 50 6 89 (E) 1645 clear none 00:00 55 50 6 125 (SE) 1826 clear none 01:00 54 50 6 126 (SE) 1821 clear humid 02:00 56 49 8 189 (S) 1877 clear humid 03:00 53 49 10 183 (S) 1894 clear humid 04:00 52 50 13 172 (S) 2978 clear humid 05:00 52 52 10 182 (S) 1982 clear humid 06:00 51 51 9 185 (S) 5284 clear humid 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