Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2010 06:15:44 -0700 (MST) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20101109 From: "Jack Dembicky" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Tuesday, November 09, 2010 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- B.Balick. K.Kwitter DIS 18:25 00:10 K.France K.France, B.Fleming DIS 00:10 06:20 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- UW06/R 17:14 00:00 0 1.2 0 0 3.7 1.9 0 0 CU07/R 00:00 06:20 0 0 0 0 6.3 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky Started a little late due to lingering clouds overhead. The NA2 guider locked up several times, for no apparent reason, during the 2nd half. Had to do a gcam restart to get it going again. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:37 dis-slit 53( 124) -4 58 1.1 2.3 2.1 1.5 1.5 -- 2.40 18:51 dis-slit 89( 140) -11 58 1.0 1.9 1.9 1.2 1.3 -- 2.20 19:25 dis-slit 216( 225) 120 64 0.9 1.1 1.4 0.8 0.9 -- 2.50 00:18 dis-slit 202( 154) 243 55 0.0 -0.1 0.2 -0.4 -0.0 -- 1.50 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 38 24 17 241 (WSW) 1253 mstly cldy none 17:00 37 25 18 267 (W) 798 cloudy none 18:00 36 26 17 255 (WSW) 929 ptly cldy none 19:00 34 24 21 259 (W) 1130 mstly clr none 20:00 33 22 18 260 (W) 1142 clear none 21:00 33 18 21 266 (W) 950 clear none 22:00 31 18 14 295 (WNW) 988 clear none 23:00 33 18 13 282 (WNW) 899 clear none 00:00 32 15 14 300 (WNW) 780 clear none 01:00 32 15 11 295 (WNW) 738 clear none 02:00 31 15 11 302 (WNW) 651 clear none 03:00 31 9 11 269 (W) 440 clear none 04:00 30 5 8 238 (WSW) 458 clear none 05:00 30 1 7 259 (W) 373 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