Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2010 07:10:12 -0700 (MST) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20101214 From: jwhueh@apo.nmsu.edu Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Tuesday, December 14, 2010 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- C.Blake C.Blake ECHELLE 16:49 23:56 S.Jacobson S.Jacobson SPICAM 00:05 06:45 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- PU01/R 17:07 00:00 0 0 0 0 0.0 6.9 0 0 CU02/O 00:00 06:49 0 0 0 0 5.2 1.6 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Huehnerhoff Clear night with poor seeing first half and moderate seeing second half. During changeover images where taken with AGILE for a collimation check. No large collimation shifts seen. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17:23 ECHELLE 213(-1057) 1 66 7.3 9.8 8.5 8.2 8.5 ND3 1.48 18:03 ECHELLE 173(-1173) -123 72 6.9 8.3 7.7 7.1 7.3 clear 1.82 00:14 SPICAM 20( -285) 29 53 4.7 4.7 5.0 4.2 4.4 MSSSO R 1.05 00:16 NA2gdr 549(30549) 28 54 4.6 4.7 5.0 4.2 4.5 clear 1.23 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 49 5 11 269 (W) 236 clear none 17:00 47 3 13 262 (W) 295 clear none 18:00 44 6 12 261 (W) 459 clear none 19:00 44 11 19 267 (W) 665 clear none 20:00 43 11 11 260 (W) 554 clear none 21:00 43 8 18 265 (W) 477 clear none 22:00 42 5 14 258 (WSW) 349 clear none 23:00 43 3 18 286 (WNW) 285 clear none 00:00 41 11 17 269 (W) 394 clear none 01:00 40 14 14 265 (W) 610 clear none 02:00 39 14 21 263 (W) 581 clear none 03:00 38 15 20 271 (W) 557 clear none 04:00 38 15 22 279 (W) 553 clear none 05:00 39 15 22 272 (W) 614 clear none 06:00 38 15 19 275 (W) 637 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