Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:19:51 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20091029 From: "Gabrelle Saurage" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Thursday, October 29, 2009 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------ T.Murphy R.McMillan APOLLO --:-- --:-- G.Wolf-Chase G.Wolf-Chase, M.Smutko NICFPS --:-- --:-- J.Coughlin J.Coughlin SPICAM --:-- --:-- INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B ---------------------------------------------------------------------- UW18/O 18:23 19:23 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UC07/R 19:23 01:00 0 5.6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NM02/R 01:00 07:09 2.9 3.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: G.Saurage Closed all night. Overcast skies first half cleared and brought humidity up second half. Test slew at UT 06:42 gave aLT Motion error too large, but cleared on next slew attempt. Slew at UT 11:07 gave ALT Last fiducial error too large, did MS.DUMP in the log. 1:07:44 APO.gabrelle 389 tcc I Received="time position velocity error edge correction" 11:07:44 APO.gabrelle 389 tcc I Received="1256900878.890 96.275258 1.250000 0.000188 1 0.000309" 11:07:44 APO.gabrelle 389 tcc I Received="1256900818.680 21.002965 1.250000 0.001443 0 0.000000" 11:07:44 APO.gabrelle 389 tcc I Received="1256900818.890 21.268323 1.250000 0.001268 1 0.001356" 11:07:44 APO.gabrelle 389 tcc I Received="1256900830.680 36.007263 1.250000 0.001361 0 0.000000" 11:07:44 APO.gabrelle 389 tcc I Received="1256900830.900 36.277893 1.250000 0.000650 1 0.001004" 11:07:45 APO.gabrelle 389 tcc I Received="1256900842.680 51.003703 1.250000 0.001063 0 0.000000" 11:07:45 APO.gabrelle 389 tcc I Received="1256900842.890 51.270956 1.250000 0.000973 1 0.001018" 11:07:45 APO.gabrelle 389 tcc I Received="1256900854.680 66.007379 1.250000 0.000889 0 0.000000" 11:07:45 APO.gabrelle 389 tcc I Received="1256900854.890 66.271387 1.250000 0.001347 1 0.001116" 11:07:45 APO.gabrelle 389 tcc I Received="1256900866.670 80.991207 1.250000 0.001206 0 0.000000" 11:07:45 APO.gabrelle 389 tcc I Received="1256900866.880 81.259832 1.250000 0.001268 1 0.001237" 11:07:45 APO.gabrelle 389 tcc I Received="1256900878.680 96.004439 1.250000 0.000433 0 0.000000" 11:07:45 APO.gabrelle 389 tcc I Received="1256900878.890 96.275258 1.250000 0.000188 1 0.000309" ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------- 16:00 19 13 21 259 (W) 645 cloudy none 17:00 19 15 20 283 (WNW) 817 cloudy none 18:00 20 14 18 271 (W) 1036 cloudy none 19:00 19 14 31 294 (WNW) 688 cloudy none 20:00 18 14 13 298 (WNW) 681 cloudy lt snow 21:00 17 14 6 343 (NNW) 416 cloudy none 22:00 17 11 14 311 (NW) 430 cloudy none 23:00 17 10 4 304 (NW) 504 cloudy none 00:00 17 9 10 266 (W) 398 cloudy none 01:00 15 11 11 16 (NNE) 470 mstly clr humid 02:00 14 11 7 355 (N) 303 clear humid 03:00 14 6 11 14 (NNE) 268 clear humid 04:00 13 11 10 354 (N) 286 clear humid 05:00 13 11 16 323 (NW) 251 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: 2.11.1 Current TUI version: TUI 1.6.2