Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2009 13:20:03 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20091125 From: "Gabrelle Saurage" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday, November 25, 2009 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------ T.Thuan T.Thuan, Y.Izotov TSPEC 17:10 22:55 W.Ketzeback G.Saurage TSPEC, Echelle 22:57 23:59 F.Mullally F.Mullally Agile 00:05 06:00 INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B ---------------------------------------------------------------------- UV05/O 17:07 23:00 0 0 0 0 0 5.9 0 0 0 NM10/O 23:00 00:00 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 UC03/R 00:00 06:35 0 0 0 0 5.6 1.0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: G.Saurage Clear skies, good seeing. 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17:28 TSPEC 426( 682) 17 56 4.1 6.9 5.0 5.8 5.7 1.48 18:30 TSPEC 137( 261) -8 57 1.8 4.4 2.9 2.0 2.6 1.00 23:00 TSPEC 107( 139) 128 68 2.4 2.6 2.9 1.9 2.6 1.00 23:33 ECHELLE -102(-1074) 134 72 4.0 2.7 3.4 1.6 2.7 ND3 0.92 00:21 AGILE 30(-2222) 85 29 3.9 3.0 3.8 2.4 3.4 BG40 0.80 02:29 AGILE 80(-2190) 61 55 4.1 3.5 4.0 2.4 3.5 BG40 0.88 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------- 16:00 45 7 5 250 (WSW) 799 clear none 17:00 41 6 4 190 (S) 750 clear none 18:00 38 6 6 91 (E) 650 clear none 19:00 35 1 6 148 (SSE) 618 clear none 20:00 39 -6 11 142 (SE) 438 clear none 21:00 36 0 9 93 (E) 630 clear none 22:00 37 2 7 113 (ESE) 672 clear none 23:00 36 2 7 123 (ESE) 662 clear none 00:00 40 -5 6 112 (ESE) 474 clear none 01:00 39 -8 7 134 (SE) 414 clear none 02:00 40 -10 6 183 (S) 355 clear none 03:00 40 -7 5 92 (E) 384 clear none 04:00 40 -5 5 91 (E) 492 clear none 05:00 37 -12 9 88 (E) 413 clear none 06:00 37 -14 10 89 (E) 375 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