Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:08:04 -0700 Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20091122 From: Jeff Coughlin Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Sunday, November 22, 2009 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- T.Marriage T.Marriage,N.Hand,S.Frazier,S.Bickerton NICFPS 16:00 00:00 J. Coughlin J.Coughlin NICFPS 00:00 08:00 NST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B ---------------------------------------------------------------------- PU04/O 17:07 00:00 0 0 0 0 1.7 5.2 0 0 0 NM02/O 00:00 06:32 0 0 0 0 6.5 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Coughlin A great photometric night with no problems. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17:42 NICFPS 200( 788) 69 36 3.9 7.1 5.1 5.7 7.2 Ks 1.00 20:19 NICFPS -25( 325) -1 57 2.4 2.9 2.8 1.6 2.3 Ks 0.80 Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------- 16:00 46 11 3 259 (W) 1079 mstly clr none 17:00 41 -3 6 266 (W) 793 mstly clr none 18:00 38 -8 5 210 (SSW) 641 clear none 19:00 36 1 6 255 (WSW) 801 clear none 20:00 36 11 8 217 (SW) 1371 clear none 21:00 37 11 6 247 (WSW) 1439 clear none 22:00 37 9 7 279 (W) 1021 clear none 23:00 38 9 19 306 (NW) 977 clear none 00:00 38 9 19 275 (W) 930 clear none 01:00 37 12 14 277 (W) 1022 clear none 02:00 37 12 11 264 (W) 978 clear none 03:00 37 13 14 273 (W) 1078 clear none 04:00 37 14 13 262 (W) 1106 clear none 05:00 37 13 15 272 (W) 1139 clear none 06:00 37 13 17 285 (WNW) 1095 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