Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:59:05 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20091111 From: "Gabrelle Saurage" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday, November 11, 2009 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------ S.Majewski S.Majewski+13 students SPIcam, TSPEC 17:15 22:00 T.Murphy R.McMillan APOLLO --:-- --:-- INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B ---------------------------------------------------------------------- UV01/O 17:13 05:22 4.3 3.1 0 0 4.8 0 0 0 0 DD01/O 05:22 06:22 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: G.Saurage Clouds moved in soon after twilight. We continued to take data for a while through clouds. Eventually the clouds were thick enough to warrant closing. The rest of the night was clouds and high humidity. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:14 SPICAM 291( 545) 57 45 5.8 7.8 6.4 6.9 6.8 T2 1.04 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------- 16:00 47 33 10 200 (SSW) 664 ptly cldy none 17:00 43 33 7 184 (S) 733 ptly cldy none 18:00 42 33 9 185 (S) 758 ptly cldy none 19:00 42 34 12 188 (S) 828 mstly cldy none 20:00 41 34 11 184 (S) 1002 mstly cldy none 21:00 42 34 11 182 (S) 1161 cloudy none 22:00 43 29 10 178 (S) 818 cloudy none 23:00 42 33 11 180 (S) 964 cloudy none 00:00 41 34 12 192 (SSW) 995 cloudy none 01:00 40 34 11 212 (SSW) 1003 cloudy humid 02:00 40 35 12 209 (SSW) 997 cloudy humid 03:00 39 34 13 207 (SSW) 1086 cloudy humid 04:00 40 34 11 207 (SSW) 1110 cloudy humid 05:00 39 33 8 198 (SSW) 1143 cloudy 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