Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2010 06:43:24 -0700 (MST) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20100105 From: "Jack Dembicky" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Tuesday January 05, 2010 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- P.Kundurthy P.Kundurthy, S.Matt TSPEC 16:40 00:00 J.Barry D.York D.York DIS 00:00 04:40 T.Murphy R.McMillan APOLLO 04:40 05:50 D.York D.York DIS 05:50 07:15 PROG SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ------------------------------------------------------------------ UW01/R 17:20 00:10 0 0 0 0 5.7 1.1 0 0 UC04/R 00:10 04:58 0 0 0 0 0 4.8 0 0 DD03/R 04:58 05:58 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 UC04/R 05:58 06:58 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky No problems. ------------- 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 17:31 TSPEC 275( 478) 99 39 3.2 5.4 3.8 4.4 5.4 Ks 1.00 00:23 dis-slit 208( -44) 336 61 3.1 2.9 3.2 2.2 2.8 -- 0.92 04:53 APOLLO 100( 607) 30 41 1.8 1.6 2.0 1.3 1.7 -- 2.50 05:55 dis-slit 196( -97) -104 34 1.7 1.3 1.7 0.9 1.3 -- 1.35 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------- 16:00 38 12 6 270 (W) 111 clear none 17:00 38 0 9 301 (WNW) 34 clear none 18:00 38 -1 8 341 (NNW) 38 clear none 19:00 39 0 10 302 (WNW) 43 clear none 20:00 38 0 15 318 (NW) 40 clear none 21:00 38 2 14 305 (NW) 50 clear none 22:00 39 5 16 309 (NW) 51 clear none 23:00 39 4 15 294 (WNW) 69 clear none 00:00 38 4 14 298 (WNW) 54 clear none 01:00 37 2 12 269 (W) 70 clear none 02:00 34 14 14 306 (NW) 188 mstly clr none 03:00 33 14 16 309 (NW) 223 mstly clr none 04:00 35 11 16 327 (NNW) 110 ptly cldy none 05:00 35 11 19 299 (WNW) 104 mstly clr none 06:00 35 9 17 298 (WNW) 110 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