Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2010 12:53:08 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20101113 From: "Gabrelle Saurage" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, November 13, 2010 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- D.York D.York DIS, Echelle 17:40 23:54 B.Keeney B.Keeney DIS 23:58 06:05 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- UC02/R 17:12 00:00 0 0 0 0 0 6.8 0 0 CU06/R 00:00 06:24 0 0 0 0 6.3 0.2 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: G.Saurage Photometric, good seeing. DIS ion pumps running high. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17:52 dis-slit 15( 175) -57 39 -0.4 3.6 1.5 2.1 3.2 1.68 21:17 ECHELLE -25( -998) 256 34 0.1 -0.3 0.2 -0.8 -0.3 ND3 1.20 00:06 dis-slit 214( 150) 6 56 0.1 -0.5 0.1 -1.2 -0.4 1.01 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 38 10 6 296 (WNW) 450 clear none 17:00 32 8 1 215 (SW) 430 clear none 18:00 30 -4 8 337 (NNW) 606 clear none 19:00 32 0 4 289 (WNW) 564 clear none 20:00 32 5 6 265 (W) 461 clear none 21:00 32 6 4 303 (WNW) 559 clear none 22:00 33 3 4 253 (WSW) 428 clear none 23:00 33 3 5 259 (W) 452 clear none 00:00 32 3 6 261 (W) 504 clear none 01:00 33 2 8 268 (W) 517 clear none 02:00 32 5 13 324 (NW) 579 clear none 03:00 32 5 10 322 (NW) 565 clear none 04:00 31 4 9 325 (NW) 573 clear none 05:00 32 5 12 0 (N) 553 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: 1.8.4