Date: Sat, 28 Nov 2009 12:49:23 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20091127 From: jwhueh@apo.nmsu.edu Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, November 27, 2009 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- M. Gladders E. Wuyts NICFPS 17:05 00:00 M. Gladders E. Wuyts NICFPS 00:00 04:15 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ------------------------------------------------------------------ UC02/R 17:06 06:37 2.4 0 0 0 1.3 9.9 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J. Huehnerhoff Clear skies to start the night with clouds rolling in around 2 MST. After 0400 MST it was not possible to take images with the cloud cover. Telescope performed well while on sky. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17:29 NICFPS 66( 628) 49 44 3.7 6.9 4.9 5.5 5.4 MK-Ks 0.96 17:41 NA2gdr -1788(41211) 46 46 3.8 6.5 4.9 5.0 5.2 R 1.12 19:16 NICFPS -7( 420) 11 56 3.4 4.4 3.8 3.0 3.6 MK-H 1.00 23:42 NICFPS 73( 450) -13 43 3.6 3.1 3.5 2.5 3.2 MK-H 0.84 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------- 16:00 43 30 7 306 (NW) 1136 clear none 17:00 40 30 9 280 (W) 1251 clear none 18:00 39 30 11 284 (WNW) 1376 clear none 19:00 38 28 6 274 (W) 1155 clear none 20:00 37 28 5 269 (W) 1411 clear none 21:00 38 26 5 259 (W) 1557 clear none 22:00 38 26 12 285 (WNW) 1344 clear none 23:00 39 25 10 287 (WNW) 941 clear none 00:00 38 26 17 286 (WNW) 1132 clear none 01:00 38 27 12 300 (WNW) 1286 clear none 02:00 37 27 12 268 (W) 1306 mstly cldy none 03:00 38 27 13 273 (W) 1261 cloudy none 04:00 38 28 9 246 (WSW) 1420 cloudy none 05:00 37 27 14 237 (WSW) 1394 cloudy 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: 1.7.0b1