Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 13:14:39 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20091108 From: "Gabrelle Saurage" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Sunday, November 8, 2009 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------ J.Holtzman J.Holtzman SPICam 17:17 23:45 S.Majewski S.Majewski+13 students SPICam,DIS 23:57 06:20 INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NM07/R 17:15 00:00 0 0 0 0 5.7 1.0 0 0 0 UV01/O 00:00 06:20 0 0 0 0 0 6.3 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: G.Saurage Mostly photometric night. Moderate to good seeing. Large UVa class 2nd half. No telescope 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17:57 SPICAM 80( 385) 332 55 6.7 9.1 7.9 7.9 8.0 r' 0.97 19:06 SPICAM -25( 225) 309 46 6.8 7.7 7.0 6.3 6.9 r' 0.94 03:32 dis-slit 57( -30) 141 43 7.2 5.9 6.2 4.7 5.8 1.14 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------- 16:00 47 25 6 339 (NNW) 1086 mstly cldy none 17:00 46 24 1 240 (WSW) 1003 mstly cldy none 18:00 45 22 7 11 (N) 1106 mstly cldy none 19:00 44 23 5 355 (N) 1154 mstly cldy none 20:00 45 25 3 301 (WNW) 1415 clear none 21:00 46 23 2 286 (WNW) 1605 clear none 22:00 44 22 3 341 (NNW) 1633 clear none 23:00 46 22 5 270 (W) 2775 clear none 00:00 42 22 6 261 (W) 2109 clear none 01:00 44 24 6 272 (W) 1806 clear none 02:00 45 24 5 330 (NNW) 1727 clear none 03:00 44 24 5 347 (NNW) 1181 clear none 04:00 45 24 4 271 (W) 1108 clear none 05:00 44 24 4 327 (NNW) 960 clear none 06:00 45 24 2 281 (W) 907 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