Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2010 06:54:48 -0700 (MST) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20101213 From: jwhueh@apo.nmsu.edu Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Monday, December 13, 2010 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- T.Murphy R.McMillan APOLLO 16:30 18:01 C.Blake C.Blake ECHELLE 18:03 23:53 S.Jacobson S.Jacobson SPICAM 23:59 06:50 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- DD01/O 17:07 18:07 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.0 0 0 PU01/R 18:07 00:00 0 0 0 0 0.0 5.9 0 0 CU02/O 00:00 06:49 0 0 0 0 6.1 0.7 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Huehnerhoff Clear with excellent seeing for much of the night. Spicam and NA2 focus script worked with 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 16:34 APOLLO 230( 754) 43 67 8.6 10.7 9.1 9.9 9.6 -- 1.30 18:08 ECHELLE 163(-1163) -23 65 8.6 8.6 8.5 7.9 8.2 ND3 0.73 00:07 SPICAM 15( -112) 33 52 9.0 8.4 8.6 7.7 8.2 MSSSO R 0.89 00:07 NA2gdr 391(30391) 33 52 9.2 8.4 8.6 7.7 8.2 clear 0.99 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 48 4 15 19 (NNE) 103 clear none 17:00 47 1 9 11 (N) 39 clear none 18:00 47 3 16 4 (N) 13 clear none 19:00 48 4 21 16 (NNE) 16 clear none 20:00 47 3 13 26 (NNE) 21 clear none 21:00 48 4 8 45 (NE) 18 clear none 22:00 49 5 9 36 (NE) 20 clear none 23:00 49 6 12 2 (N) 48 clear none 00:00 48 5 7 355 (N) 103 clear none 01:00 48 5 10 347 (NNW) 88 clear none 02:00 48 5 1 340 (NNW) 49 clear none 03:00 47 4 4 357 (N) 68 clear none 04:00 47 8 10 320 (NW) 86 clear none 05:00 47 6 8 328 (NNW) 87 clear none 06:00 47 3 10 288 (WNW) 47 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: 2.14.0 Current TUI version: 1.8.4