Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2009 07:06:49 -0600 (MDT) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20090916 From: "Jack Dembicky" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday October 16, 2009 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- B.Williams B.Williams DIS 18:20 01:00 J.Helsby J.Gauthier DIS 01:00 07:30 PROG SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ------------------------------------------------------------------ UW03/R 18:37 01:00 0 0 0 0 6.4 0 0 0 UC03/R 01:00 07:01 0 0 0 0 5.5 0.5 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument chanyes, some ge time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky UT 07:29:13 DIS slitviewer changed guidestars on it's own (to a non-existant object that if found off-field). A couple of the slitviewer images looked odd (bright/dark region). See image d0948 for an example. PR sent No drive servo errors at all tonight! ------------- FAILURE LOG -------------- PROG INST FAILURE MODE TIME (STEDFNVOG) TI/SHU START FINISH DESCRIPTION ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------- FOCUS LOG --------------- Time Instrument Focus Az El Temp Strc Prim Sec Air filt FWHM ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:14 dis-slit -28( 307) 22 56 10.3 14.8 13.0 13.5 12.7 -- 1.30 19:15 NA2gdr 1787(23787) 22 56 10.3 14.7 13.0 13.4 12.7 R 1.10 01:04 dis-slit 123( 226) 311 39 10.7 9.6 10.2 8.5 9.6 -- 1.10 01:09 NA2gdr 1882(23882) 310 38 10.8 9.6 10.1 8.5 9.6 R 1.10 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------- 16:00 61 35 13 200 (SSW) 750 clear none 17:00 60 34 9 211 (SSW) 762 clear none 18:00 58 34 12 202 (SSW) 777 clear none 19:00 51 33 6 168 (SSE) 1119 clear none 20:00 50 33 9 93 (E) 1202 clear none 21:00 53 33 2 104 (ESE) 912 clear none 22:00 50 33 7 111 (ESE) 1082 clear none 23:00 50 32 9 123 (ESE) 844 clear none 00:00 50 32 1 135 (SE) 815 clear none 01:00 52 32 1 199 (SSW) 880 clear none 02:00 52 32 2 201 (SSW) 788 clear none 03:00 52 33 1 231 (SW) 809 clear none 04:00 50 33 1 207 (SSW) 805 clear none 05:00 48 34 4 132 (SE) 752 clear none 06:00 50 33 1 211 (SSW) 768 clear 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: 2.11.1 Current TUI version: TUI 1.6.2