Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2010 06:21:24 -0700 (MST) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20101107 From: jwhueh@apo.nmsu.edu Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Sunday, November 07, 2010 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- J.Holtzman J.Holtzman, DIS/SPICAM/ECHELLE 17:00 23:54 NMSU Observing Class A.Mukadam A.Mukadam Agile 23:58 05:55 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- NM02/R 17:16 00:00 0 0 0 0 5.6 1.1 0 0 UW05/R 00:00 06:19 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 night with good stable seeing the entire night. No Instrument 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17:34 dis-slit 303( 792) 230 75 8.0 11.1 8.8 9.5 9.0 -- 1.33 19:37 SPICAM -39( 553) 79 55 6.9 7.8 7.5 6.7 6.9 SDSS g' 1.11 19:38 NA2gdr -1196(28803) 79 55 6.9 7.8 7.5 6.7 6.9 clear 1.13 23:29 ECHELLE 67( -572) 122 59 7.8 7.2 7.5 6.7 7.1 ND3 0.82 00:06 AGILE -1625(-1641) 133 35 8.1 7.0 7.2 6.3 6.9 BG40 1.16 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 52 14 12 200 (SSW) 588 clear none 17:00 48 18 14 204 (SSW) 980 clear none 18:00 46 18 12 186 (S) 1114 clear none 19:00 46 18 12 184 (S) 1863 clear none 20:00 44 18 13 214 (SW) 1263 clear none 21:00 45 17 9 203 (SSW) 1035 clear none 22:00 46 14 8 256 (WSW) 841 clear none 23:00 46 15 10 266 (W) 932 clear none 00:00 46 15 11 268 (W) 928 clear none 01:00 46 15 10 249 (WSW) 873 clear none 02:00 43 15 9 247 (WSW) 919 clear none 03:00 44 15 6 258 (WSW) 894 clear none 04:00 44 14 6 262 (W) 697 clear none 05:00 45 11 8 263 (W) 603 clear none 06:00 43 12 8 233 (SW) 638 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