Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2009 05:50:50 -0700 (MST) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20091105 From: "Jack Dembicky" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Thursday November 05, 2009 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- M.Hueber M.Hueber SPIcam 16:55 23;50 M.Strauss X.Fan SPIcam 00:00 05:40 PROG SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ------------------------------------------------------------------ JH02/R 17:17 00:00 0 0 0 0 2.3 4.4 0 0 PU08/R 00:00 06:17 0 0 0 0 0 6.3 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky Nice photometric night with no problems. ------------- FAILURE LOG -------------- PROG INST FAILURE MODE TIME (STEDFNVOG) TI/SHU START FINISH DESCRIPTION ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------- FOCUS LOG --------------- Time Instrument Focus Az El Temp Strc Prim Sec Air filt FWHM ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:25 SPICAM 98( 547) 42 43 10.9 11.7 11.1 10.8 11.0 r' 0.77 18:26 NA2gdr 1178(31178) 41 43 10.8 11.7 11.1 10.8 11.0 clear 0.73 21:16 SPICAM 84( 429) 45 47 9.9 9.7 10.0 8.7 9.4 r' 0.68 21:17 NA2gdr 943(30943) 45 47 9.9 9.7 10.0 8.7 9.4 clear 0.92 23:59 SPICAM 83( 329) -15 51 7.6 7.8 8.1 7.3 7.7 z' 1.00 00:01 NA2gdr -1653(28346) -16 51 7.7 7.8 8.0 7.3 7.6 clear 0.83 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------- 16:00 57 14 13 206 (SSW) 485 clear none 17:00 52 11 14 194 (SSW) 542 clear none 18:00 51 16 16 182 (S) 661 clear none 19:00 52 2 14 189 (S) 377 clear none 20:00 52 4 13 196 (SSW) 332 clear none 21:00 49 17 10 184 (S) 683 clear none 22:00 49 14 10 183 (S) 535 clear none 23:00 47 22 9 184 (S) 650 clear none 00:00 46 22 9 197 (SSW) 625 clear none 01:00 45 23 8 196 (SSW) 664 clear none 02:00 48 13 5 182 (S) 614 clear none 03:00 47 16 6 190 (S) 607 clear none 04:00 48 8 6 205 (SSW) 501 clear none 05:00 50 5 6 253 (WSW) 535 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