Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2010 13:09:32 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20101212 From: "Gabrelle Saurage" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Sunday, December 12, 2010 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- C.Blake C.Blake Echelle 17:30 23:00 W.Ketzeback G.Saurage Echelle 23:01 00:04 A.Kowalski A.Kowalski DIS 00:06 06:20 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ------------------------------------------------------------------- PU01/R 17:07 23:00 0 0 0 0 0 5.9 0 0 NM09/R 23:00 00:00 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 UW01/R 00:00 06:48 0 0 0 0 6.8 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: G.Saurage Windy, thin cirrus, first half with poor seeing. Improving second half. No 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17:35 ECHELLE 304(-1225) 276 75 2.7 4.5 3.4 4.0 3.7 ND3 2.23 19:04 ECHELLE 226(-1356) 215 61 3.5 3.3 3.4 3.1 3.3 1.64 23:07 ECHELLE 76(-1541) 154 78 3.2 2.7 3.0 2.7 2.8 ND3 2.05 00:15 dis-slit 205( -411) 194 69 4.6 3.8 4.2 3.9 4.2 2.22 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 38 21 17 29 (NNE) 170 mstly clr none 17:00 36 21 22 8 (N) 166 mstly clr none 18:00 37 20 27 26 (NNE) 186 mstly clr none 19:00 39 20 23 10 (N) 157 mstly clr none 20:00 38 22 28 23 (NNE) 229 mstly clr none 21:00 38 22 25 17 (NNE) 169 mstly clr none 22:00 37 22 23 24 (NNE) 188 mstly clr none 23:00 37 22 25 1 (N) 105 mstly clr none 00:00 39 19 26 23 (NNE) 51 mstly clr none 01:00 42 15 25 22 (NNE) 53 mstly clr none 02:00 42 14 20 18 (NNE) 41 mstly clr none 03:00 43 14 18 18 (NNE) 39 mstly clr none 04:00 42 14 14 52 (NE) 36 mstly clr none 05:00 41 11 7 21 (NNE) 34 mstly clr none 06:00 42 13 2 237 (WSW) 41 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