Date: Sat, 4 Dec 2010 07:05:25 -0700 (MST) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20101203 From: jwhueh@apo.nmsu.edu Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, December 03, 2010 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- A.Perez A.Perez ECHELLE 17:30 22:53 W.Ketzeback J.Huehnerhoff ECHELLE/TSPEC 22:57 23:52 A.Perez A.Perez ECHELLE 23:57 04:35 V.Meadows S.Schmidt, V.Meadows TSPEC 04:40 06:40 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- UV01/R 17:06 23:00 0 0 0 0 5.9 0.0 0 0 DD02/O 23:00 00:00 0 0 0 0 1.0 0.0 0 0 UV01/R 00:00 04:41 0 0 0 0 4.7 0.0 0 0 UW03/R 04:41 06:41 0 0 0 0 1.1 0.9 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Huehnerhoff Light cloud structure the entire night. Excellent seeing for most of the night. No problems tonight. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17:42 ECHELLE 150( -966) 51 23 10.3 11.6 10.4 10.7 10.5 ND3 1.44 23:00 ECHELLE 100(-1241) 133 72 9.2 8.4 8.6 7.5 8.1 ND3 0.79 23:23 TSPEC 72( -28) 146 76 9.3 8.2 8.4 7.3 8.0 -- 0.80 00:00 ECHELLE 45(-1278) -12 40 8.8 8.1 8.4 7.2 8.0 clear 0.81 04:35 TSPEC 67( -39) -67 65 10.0 8.0 9.3 7.8 8.7 clear 1.31 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 51 6 10 329 (NNW) 120 ptly cldy none 17:00 51 8 8 347 (NNW) 39 ptly cldy none 18:00 51 8 7 2 (N) 32 mstly clr none 19:00 52 8 10 354 (N) 103 mstly clr none 20:00 51 8 10 358 (N) 51 mstly clr none 21:00 48 8 9 348 (NNW) 104 mstly clr none 22:00 48 7 4 299 (WNW) 69 mstly clr none 23:00 49 5 7 270 (W) 52 mstly clr none 00:00 48 5 9 267 (W) 68 mstly clr none 01:00 47 4 9 294 (WNW) 308 mstly clr none 02:00 47 4 11 297 (WNW) 313 mstly clr none 03:00 47 4 8 304 (NW) 220 mstly clr none 04:00 46 3 5 356 (N) 181 mstly clr none 05:00 50 6 1 236 (SW) 92 mstly clr none 06:00 49 5 7 285 (WNW) 38 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