Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2010 13:46:21 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20101126 From: "Gabrelle Saurage" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, November 26, 2010 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- S.Schmidt S.Schmidt TSPEC 17:15 22:22 J.Coughlin J.Coughlin Agile 22:37 04:35 V.Meadows S.Schmidt,V.Meadows TSPEC 04:38 06:37 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ------------------------------------------------------------------- UW11/R 17:06 22:23 0 0 0 0 4.9 0.6 0 0 UV03/R 22:23 04:39 0 0 0 0 0 6.0 0 0 UW03/R 04:39 06:36 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: G.Saurage Mostly clear all night, moderate to good seeing. Az Motion Errors at 17:42, 17:57 MST. Agile focus was near -1300 (while focus for tspec was around 200). Did not know why. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17:22 TSPEC 456( 215) 137 73 3.1 5.3 2.9 4.8 4.4 1.30 19:27 TSPEC 282( -55) 196 71 3.5 3.4 3.5 3.2 3.4 1.29 04:53 TSPEC 50( -279) -64 67 4.1 3.5 4.1 3.2 3.7 0.93 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 41 -1 4 302 (WNW) 76 mstly clr none 17:00 38 0 8 355 (N) 40 mstly clr none 18:00 37 1 14 20 (NNE) 60 mstly clr none 19:00 39 0 16 21 (NNE) 24 mstly clr none 20:00 39 0 13 24 (NNE) 17 clear none 21:00 44 0 2 36 (NE) 6 clear none 22:00 43 0 1 146 (SE) 10 clear none 23:00 39 -4 2 186 (S) 15 clear none 00:00 37 -5 3 233 (SW) 16 clear none 01:00 37 -6 4 228 (SW) 10 clear none 02:00 39 -3 5 198 (SSW) 42 clear none 03:00 40 -3 7 235 (SW) 21 mstly clr none 04:00 39 -3 5 255 (WSW) 4 mstly clr none 05:00 40 -4 5 253 (WSW) 5 mstly clr none 06:00 38 -5 3 193 (SSW) 4 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: 2.14.0 Current TUI version: 1.8.4