Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2010 12:42:10 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20101030 From: "Gabrelle Saurage" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, October 30, 2010 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- J.Coughlin J.Coughlin DIS 18:20 19:58 J.Frieman D.Tucker, S.Allam DIS 20:00 01:01 S.Schmidt S.Schmidt DIS 01:02 06:45 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- NM06/R 18:23 19:53 0 0 0 0 1.5 0 0 0 UC05/R 19:53 01:00 0 0 0.5 0 4.6 0 0 0 UW07/R 01:00 07:12 0 0 0 0 0.1 6.1 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: G.Saurage Mostly photometric. 23:46 Controller Error, Az 184 06:45 Alt Motion Error Second program observers had the IP address block problem. The instructions to clear the IP address written on the wiki did not work, had to call Jon B. The instructions were wrong but I've changed them now. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:47 dis-slit 74( 657) 197 74 11.5 13.0 11.7 11.9 11.6 1.18 20:10 dis-slit -40( 476) 25 55 11.3 11.3 11.3 10.8 11.0 1.18 ------------- Weather LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 58 37 9 239 (WSW) 1322 clear none 17:00 56 30 21 255 (WSW) 1184 clear none 18:00 54 33 16 255 (WSW) 1390 clear none 19:00 53 33 21 222 (SW) 1621 clear none 20:00 53 32 21 233 (SW) 1585 clear none 21:00 52 28 21 243 (WSW) 1753 clear none 22:00 51 26 21 259 (W) 1188 clear none 23:00 50 25 24 266 (W) 1075 clear none 00:00 50 24 24 262 (W) 954 clear none 01:00 50 22 24 268 (W) 645 clear none 02:00 49 22 26 269 (W) 632 clear none 03:00 48 18 26 269 (W) 489 clear none 04:00 47 18 18 269 (W) 393 clear none 05:00 47 17 18 267 (W) 296 clear none 06:00 45 18 15 268 (W) 390 clear 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