Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2010 12:46:43 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20101031 From: "Gabrelle Saurage" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Sunday, October 31, 2010 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- A.Verbiscer A.Verbiscer SPIcam 18:30 00:59 T.X.Thuan Y.I.Izotov DIS 01:09 06:50 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- UV02/R 18:24 01:00 0 0 0 0 6.6 0 0 0 UV06/R 01:00 06:10 0 0 0 0 1.2 5.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: G.Saurage Clouds at the beginning of the night then photometric. Decent seeing. No problems. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:40 SPICAM 1( 657) 48 64 7.8 9.3 8.7 8.4 8.4 V 1.19 01:21 dis-slit -60( 287) -20 47 8.5 7.7 8.3 7.3 8.0 1.31 ------------- Weather LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 50 18 10 266 (W) 344 mstly cldy none 17:00 50 15 10 278 (W) 328 mstly cldy none 18:00 48 15 8 283 (WNW) 379 mstly cldy none 19:00 48 18 8 235 (SW) 544 mstly cldy none 20:00 46 19 10 237 (WSW) 503 mstly clr none 21:00 45 19 8 234 (SW) 561 clear none 22:00 45 18 6 202 (SSW) 556 clear none 23:00 47 16 9 209 (SSW) 409 clear none 00:00 44 17 4 248 (WSW) 400 clear none 01:00 48 18 3 198 (SSW) 402 clear none 02:00 47 18 1 321 (NW) 381 clear none 03:00 49 17 8 321 (NW) 355 clear none 04:00 47 18 4 323 (NW) 408 clear none 05:00 47 18 4 359 (N) 437 clear none 06:00 46 18 8 316 (NW) 418 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