Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2010 04:09:52 -0700 (MST) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20100107 From: "Jack Dembicky" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Thursday January 07, 2010 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- D.York C.Grady, G.Hilton GFP --:-- --:-- J.Hornbeck, B.Daly B.Ketzeback J.Dembicky Echelle --:-- --:-- B.Woodgate C.Grady, G.Hilton GFP --:-- --:-- J.Hornbeck, B.Daly PROG SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ------------------------------------------------------------------ UC03/R 17:22 23:10 5.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NM08/O/W 23:10 00:10 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DD02/R 00:10 06:58 1.0 5.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky Clouds tonight kept us closed. About 1/2 of an inch of the white stuff at 4AM. ------------- 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------- 16:00 31 10 13 290 (WNW) 359 ptly cldy none 17:00 30 11 12 289 (WNW) 391 ptly cldy none 18:00 29 13 6 271 (W) 386 ptly cldy none 19:00 29 13 5 259 (W) 445 cloudy none 20:00 28 14 7 265 (W) 538 cloudy none 21:00 27 14 5 262 (W) 752 cloudy none 22:00 27 15 4 258 (WSW) 947 cloudy none 23:00 25 15 1 243 (WSW) 758 cloudy none 00:00 27 15 6 355 (N) 367 cloudy lt snow 01:00 25 22 9 354 (N) 568 cloudy lt snow 02:00 25 24 4 266 (W) 575 cloudy lt snow 03:00 25 24 10 315 (NW) 13166 cloudy lt snow 04:00 24 23 2 354 (N) 384 cloudy lt snow 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