Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:05:15 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20091115 From: jwhueh@apo.nmsu.edu Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Sunday, November 15, 2009 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------ C. Wu C. Wu DIS 17:45 05:50 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NM05/R 17:11 06:26 0 0 0 0 13.2 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Huehnerhoff During checkout the NA2 rotator was zeroed. The correction needed was 0.145 deg. Nice cold, clear night with variable seeing from sub-arcsecond to over two arcseconds. Very uneventful night, telescope performed great. The DIS blue ion pump was running a little high in the morning but not abnormally so. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17:56 dis-slit -253( -710) 122 34 -4.7 -2.1 -2.4 -3.8 -3.4 Clear 2.42 17:59 NA2gdr -810(21189) 122 34 -4.6 -2.1 -2.5 -4.0 -3.5 Clear 2.05 19:29 dis-slit 103( -482) 119 51 -4.3 -4.1 -3.7 -4.8 -4.4 Clear 2.05 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------- 16:00 26 3 13 301 (WNW) 514 clear none 17:00 24 3 6 41 (NE) 521 clear none 18:00 24 1 10 358 (N) 482 clear none 19:00 24 1 21 12 (NNE) 353 clear none 20:00 25 6 16 4 (N) 331 clear none 21:00 24 8 9 356 (N) 331 clear none 22:00 24 8 8 1 (N) 319 clear none 23:00 23 9 13 39 (NE) 365 clear none 00:00 22 10 8 20 (NNE) 460 clear none 01:00 23 8 8 35 (NE) 382 clear none 02:00 26 -1 11 335 (NNW) 262 clear none 03:00 25 -1 15 356 (N) 315 clear none 04:00 26 -5 18 23 (NNE) 249 clear none 05:00 26 -13 21 23 (NNE) 429 clear none 06:00 27 -17 22 24 (NNE) 877 clear none TELESCOPE STATUS Telescope drives operational. Current TCC version: 2.11.1 Current TUI version: TUI 1.7.0b1