Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2010 13:33:02 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20101225 From: "Gabrelle Saurage" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, December 25, 2010 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- G.Wallerstein G.Wallerstein Echelle 17:30 23:00 W.Ketzeback G.Saurage Echelle, TSPEC 23:01 23:58 T.Murphy R.McMillan Apollo 00:01 01:00 R.Hamilton R.Hamilton TSPEC 01:04 06:45 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ------------------------------------------------------------------- UW16/R 17:12 23:00 0 0 0 0 4.9 0.9 0 0 NM09/R 23:00 00:00 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 DD01/R 00:00 01:00 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 NM08/R 01:00 06:55 0 0 0 0 0 5.9 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: G.Saurage Clear photometric night. Good seeing. 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17:39 ECHELLE 384(-1153) -32 34 -2.8 3.5 -0.2 2.7 3.6 1.69 19:01 ECHELLE 69(-1663) 162 64 -2.8 0.3 -1.7 -1.2 -1.1 ND2 1.00 23:05 ECHELLE 93(-1741) 196 79 -1.3 -1.7 -1.6 -2.6 -1.9 ND3 0.81 23:37 TSPEC 93( -502) 220 74 -2.5 -1.9 -2.0 -2.6 -2.3 0.91 00:05 APOLLO 0( -60) 82 34 -1.8 -2.1 -1.8 -2.7 -2.2 2.00 01:11 TSPEC 102( -499) 204 60 -1.6 -2.2 -1.8 -2.4 -2.0 1.10 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 34 22 7 215 (SW) 379 clear none 17:00 29 21 5 191 (S) 260 clear none 18:00 27 20 4 137 (SE) 275 clear none 19:00 27 20 3 118 (ESE) 292 clear none 20:00 29 18 4 113 (ESE) 388 clear none 21:00 32 16 4 109 (ESE) 164 clear none 22:00 28 20 2 176 (S) 318 clear none 23:00 29 19 4 134 (SE) 228 clear none 00:00 29 17 13 156 (SSE) 162 clear none 01:00 28 19 15 148 (SSE) 185 clear none 02:00 26 18 8 143 (SE) 175 clear none 03:00 27 18 7 173 (S) 111 clear none 04:00 29 11 5 161 (SSE) 88 clear none 05:00 30 8 13 181 (S) 35 clear none 06:00 30 8 10 182 (S) 35 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