Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 06:45:52 -0700 (MST) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20091217 From: "Jack Dembicky" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Thursday December 17, 2009 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- J.Hughes-Clark J.Hughes-Clark SPIcam 17:00 00:00 M.Sun M.Sun SPIcam 00:00 07:20 PROG SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ------------------------------------------------------------------ UW07/R 17:08 00:00 0 0 0 0 5.8 1.1 0 0 UV02/O 00:00 06:51 0 0 0 0 6.9 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky No problems tonight. ------------- 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 17:46 SPICAM 58( 226) 68 39 4.6 5.8 5.2 4.5 4.7 MSSSO R 1.24 17:46 NA2gdr 1349(31349) 68 39 4.6 5.8 5.2 4.5 4.7 clear 1.18 18:34 SPICAM 53( 156) -5 42 3.6 4.6 4.3 3.4 3.8 R 1.20 21:37 SPICAM 59( 111) 148 32 4.0 3.2 3.7 2.6 3.6 R 1.30 21:39 NA2gdr -751(29248) 148 32 3.9 3.2 3.8 2.6 3.5 clear 1.40 00:14 SPICAM 112( 126) -43 52 2.7 3.1 3.2 2.3 2.8 Harris R 1.60 00:17 NA2gdr 822(30822) -44 51 2.6 3.1 3.2 2.3 2.9 clear 1.20 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------- 16:00 42 12 7 8 (N) 219 clear none 17:00 41 10 5 353 (N) 180 clear none 18:00 40 9 12 33 (NNE) 163 clear none 19:00 38 11 10 4 (N) 162 clear none 20:00 39 13 11 13 (NNE) 207 clear none 21:00 37 11 7 1 (N) 307 clear none 22:00 39 8 12 355 (N) 253 clear none 23:00 39 8 9 22 (NNE) 296 mstly clr none 00:00 38 5 1 310 (NW) 291 ptly cldy none 01:00 40 7 6 344 (NNW) 219 ptly cldy none 02:00 39 6 9 9 (N) 255 mstly clr none 03:00 39 5 1 324 (NW) 259 mstly clr none 04:00 40 6 14 337 (NNW) 318 mstly clr none 05:00 39 3 13 333 (NNW) 310 mstly clr none 06:00 36 6 8 340 (NNW) 268 mstly clr 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