Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 05:09:32 -0600 (MDT) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 201010120 From: "Jack Dembicky" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday, October 20, 2010 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- M.Klaene J.Dembicky S-H --:-- --:-- A.McKay A.McKay ARCES --:-- --:-- INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- EN01/R 18:33 01:00 0 6.4 0 0 0 0 0 0 NM01/R 01:00 07:04 1.1 5.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky Rain, Rain, and Rain. We never opened. Tested a new beta version of TUI. Appears to have fixed the slitviewer boresight problem. My observer gave up at 05:00 due to weather. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 52 43 13 125 (SE) 1352 cloudy none 17:00 52 42 13 120 (ESE) 1152 cloudy none 18:00 48 43 21 112 (ESE) 1312 cloudy rain 19:00 46 43 27 131 (SE) 1185 cloudy rain 20:00 44 40 17 113 (ESE) 1225 cloudy rain 21:00 45 43 22 84 (E) 1224 cloudy rain 22:00 44 38 21 101 (E) 442 cloudy lt rain 23:00 45 41 23 125 (SE) 805 cloudy lt rain 00:00 45 42 25 126 (SE) 959 cloudy lt rain 01:00 47 42 19 154 (SSE) 1014 cloudy lt rain 02:00 43 43 7 343 (NNW) 889 cloudy rain 03:00 42 42 6 210 (SSW) 967 cloudy lt rain 04:00 38 37 9 280 (W) 809 cloudy none 05:00 41 34 7 282 (WNW) 708 cloudy 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: 2.13.0 Current TUI version: 1.8.3