Date: Sat, 6 Nov 2010 08:19:46 -0600 (MDT) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20101105 From: jwhueh@apo.nmsu.edu Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, November 05, 2010 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- J.Holtzman J.Holtzman SPICAM 18:00 00:55 and Observing Class X.Liu X.Liu, Y.Shen DIS 01:02 08:15 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- NM02/R 18:17 01:00 0 0 0 0 6.7 0.0 0 0 PU05/R 01:00 07:17 0 0 0 0 6.3 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Huehnerhoff Photometric with slightly variable but good seeing for much of the night. Cals continuing into morning for both programs. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:06 SPICAM -13( 675) 94 34 7.5 9.0 7.3 7.4 7.9 SDSS g' 0.98 19:08 NA2gdr -1063(28936) 94 34 7.3 9.0 7.3 7.4 7.9 clear 1.07 01:10 dis-slit 70( 330) 122 65 7.7 6.3 7.1 5.5 6.7 -- 1.00 03:44 dis-slit -35( 205) 133 56 7.3 5.9 6.7 5.3 6.2 -- 1.61 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 49 23 5 258 (WSW) 454 clear none 17:00 49 22 5 261 (W) 437 clear none 18:00 44 20 1 216 (SW) 479 clear none 19:00 45 13 2 255 (WSW) 130 clear none 20:00 44 13 2 224 (SW) 106 clear none 21:00 44 13 2 217 (SW) 115 clear none 22:00 44 12 1 191 (S) 128 clear none 23:00 45 11 1 201 (SSW) 121 clear none 00:00 44 12 2 191 (S) 115 clear none 01:00 46 14 1 216 (SW) 180 clear none 02:00 44 12 1 198 (SSW) 143 clear none 03:00 41 16 4 193 (SSW) 689 clear none 04:00 46 20 6 14 (NNE) 164 clear none 05:00 47 23 9 37 (NE) 219 clear none 06:00 48 24 10 41 (NE) 256 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