Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2010 13:40:08 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20100109 From: jwhueh@apo.nmsu.edu Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, January 09, 2010 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- B. Woodgate C. Grady, G.Hilton GFP/DIS 15:30 21:10 J.Hornbeck, B.Daly 22:47 00:06 J. Pizagno J. Pizagno DIS 00:10 06:20 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- DD02/O 17:23 00:10 1.6 0 0 0 5.2 0 0 0 UW09/R 00:10 06:58 0 0 0 0 3.1 3.7 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J. Huehnerhoff Closed in middle of first half due to local radar returns and cloudy skies, science was not possible through thick cloud cover. Opened when skies cleared enough for safe operation. Decent seeing the entire night with some short periods of variable/poor seeing. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17:51 dis-slit 153( -55) 97 49 1.6 3.5 2.6 2.7 2.7 clear 1.19 22:52 dis-slit 153( -200) -73 70 2.0 1.0 1.1 0.4 0.9 clear 1.10 04:01 dis-slit 214( -103) 256 58 2.4 1.6 2.2 0.7 1.6 clear 1.20 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 38 -6 12 37 (NE) 102 ptly cldy none 17:00 35 -7 12 28 (NNE) 109 ptly cldy none 18:00 35 -7 10 27 (NNE) 144 ptly cldy none 19:00 36 -7 6 14 (NNE) 136 ptly cldy none 20:00 37 -7 3 49 (NE) 170 mstly cldy none 21:00 37 -8 5 354 (N) 51 cloudy none 22:00 37 -7 5 348 (NNW) 78 mstly cldy none 23:00 35 -8 6 341 (NNW) 55 mstly clr none 00:00 33 -10 4 354 (N) 52 clear none 01:00 35 -8 3 350 (N) 45 clear none 02:00 36 -7 3 339 (NNW) 42 clear none 03:00 36 -8 3 275 (W) 40 clear none 04:00 36 -7 3 253 (WSW) 54 clear none 05:00 36 -10 2 243 (WSW) 56 clear none 06:00 36 -8 3 248 (WSW) 58 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: 1.6.2