Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2009 06:22:41 -0700 (MST) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20091220 From: "Jack Dembicky" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Sunday December 20, 2009 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- T.Murphy R.McMillan APOLLO 16:40 18:10 D.York J.Barentine DIS 18:10 01:00 K.France K.France, S.McCandless DIS 01:00 06:40 B.Fleming PROG SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ------------------------------------------------------------------ DD01/R 17:10 18:10 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 UC04/R 18:10 00:00 0 0 0 0 3.0 2.9 0 0 CU03/R 00:00 06:53 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 other than pesky cirrus clouds all night.. ------------- 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 16:59 APOLLO 200( 910) 50 65 2.8 6.2 4.6 5.8 5.2 -- 1.20 18:42 dis-slit 22( -181) 134 39 3.3 3.4 2.7 2.0 2.5 -- 1.50 18:43 NA2gdr 72(22072) 134 39 3.1 3.4 3.0 1.9 2.7 clear 1.50 20:35 dis-slit 96( -165) 66 50 4.0 2.5 2.8 1.5 2.6 -- 1.30 22:00 ECHELLE -52(-1013) -14 81 4.2 2.9 3.5 1.9 3.1 ND2 0.98 00:15 dis-slit 144( -48) 122 38 3.9 3.5 3.5 2.7 3.2 -- 1.70 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------- 16:00 39 8 5 356 (N) 514 mstly clr none 17:00 38 -10 9 359 (N) 267 mstly clr none 18:00 37 -7 4 359 (N) 232 mstly clr none 19:00 36 -10 7 2 (N) 213 mstly clr none 20:00 35 -12 9 325 (NW) 174 ptly cldy none 21:00 40 -7 8 342 (NNW) 262 ptly cldy none 22:00 39 -7 8 307 (NW) 272 mstly cldy none 23:00 41 -6 9 269 (W) 216 ptly cldy none 00:00 40 -7 6 263 (W) 146 ptly cldy none 01:00 40 -8 6 261 (W) 155 ptly cldy none 02:00 39 -8 10 260 (W) 243 ptly cldy none 03:00 36 -11 8 232 (SW) 182 ptly cldy none 04:00 36 -11 8 269 (W) 246 ptly cldy none 05:00 36 -5 13 323 (NW) 327 ptly cldy none 06:00 33 1 13 342 (NNW) 315 ptly cldy 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