Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 06:52:23 -0700 (MST) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20090209 From: "Jack Dembicky" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Monday, February 09, 2009 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- P.Kundurthy P.Kundurthy,S.Matt TSPEC 17:20 20:20 21:40 00:00 G.Stingfellow G.Stringfellow, J.Stocke TSPEC 00:00 04:17 T.Yan SPIcam 04:17 07:20 INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B --------------------------------------------------------------------- UW01/R 18:38 19:30 0 1.3 0 0 0 4.2 0 0 0 CU01/R 19:30 05:56 0 0 0 0 0 5.8 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky Tip/Tilts for NA2 (@ start of night) Start -220 1200 Change 49 -132 Final -171 1068 (implemented) Tip/Tilts for NA2 (@ 03:15) Start -171 1068 Change -13 215 Final -184 1283 Tip/Tilts for NA2 (@ 04:00) Start -184 1283 Change -10 -119 Final -194 1164 No problems tonight. We took a couple pointing checks at the observers request. ------------- ACTIVITY 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:34 TSPEC 150( -5) 26 72 -2.3 -1.1 -2.0 -1.7 -2.2 Ks 1.10 18:36 NA2gdr -1449(32550) 25 73 -2.2 -1.2 -1.9 -1.7 -2.1 clear 1.05 21:53 TSPEC -52( -263) 283 52 -2.6 -2.5 -2.3 -2.8 -2.8 Ks 1.38 21:54 NA2gdr -465(33534) 282 52 -2.6 -2.5 -2.3 -2.8 -2.7 R 1.67 00:03 TSPEC -20( -289) 208 63 -3.2 -3.5 -3.2 -3.9 -3.5 Ks 1.29 01:24 TSPEC -14( -299) 218 58 -3.7 -3.9 -3.7 -4.4 -3.9 Ks 1.24 04:44 SPICAM -61( -442) 272 59 -5.3 -4.8 -4.7 -5.2 -5.2 V 1.54 04:47 NA2gdr 2531(32531) 272 58 -5.1 -4.9 -4.7 -5.3 -5.2 R 1.70 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------- 16:00 32 20 23 201 (SSW) 493 clear none 17:00 30 19 15 217 (SW) 530 clear none 18:00 27 17 22 181 (S) 472 clear none 19:00 28 15 21 192 (SSW) 712 clear none 20:00 28 12 29 203 (SSW) 716 clear none 21:00 28 10 30 208 (SSW) 690 clear none 22:00 28 10 30 226 (SW) 757 clear none 23:00 27 9 26 222 (SW) 478 clear none 00:00 26 6 31 217 (SW) 473 clear none 01:00 26 4 25 218 (SW) 388 clear none 02:00 26 4 25 219 (SW) 439 clear none 03:00 26 5 27 222 (SW) 391 clear none 04:00 24 5 18 237 (WSW) 736 clear none 05:00 22 7 21 242 (WSW) 654 clear none 06:00 20 8 21 231 (SW) 519 pt. 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: 2.10.0 Current TUI version: TUI 1.5.1