Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 13:14:35 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20100113 From: "Gabrelle Saurage" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday, January 13, 2009 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------ T.Marriage T.Marriage,Y.Lin DIS --:-- --:-- J.Helsby J.Helsby DIS 01:10 06:15 INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B ---------------------------------------------------------------------- PU07/R 17:27 00:10 6.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UC05/R 00:10 06:57 1.0 0 0 0 5.5 0.3 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: G.Saurage Overcast skies and local radar returns all of first half. Space between cloud bands allowed us to open for most of second half. No 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 01:25 dis-slit 25( -329) 15 57 -0.1 0.8 0.9 -0.0 0.2 1.34 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------- 16:00 34 2 7 330 (NNW) 159 cloudy none 17:00 32 7 2 269 (W) 231 cloudy none 18:00 34 11 9 343 (NNW) 313 cloudy none 19:00 34 12 10 354 (N) 357 cloudy none 20:00 33 11 4 337 (NNW) 323 cloudy none 21:00 34 12 6 264 (W) 358 cloudy none 22:00 35 14 8 288 (WNW) 345 cloudy none 23:00 35 18 13 270 (W) 369 cloudy none 00:00 33 18 13 266 (W) 509 mstly clr none 01:00 32 17 11 270 (W) 676 clear none 02:00 32 15 15 273 (W) 501 clear none 03:00 32 18 14 269 (W) 633 clear none 04:00 32 19 13 265 (W) 712 clear none 05:00 31 18 11 255 (WSW) 731 clear none 06:00 29 19 8 264 (W) 800 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