Date: Sun, 5 Dec 2010 06:46:08 -0700 (MST) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20101204 From: jwhueh@apo.nmsu.edu Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, December 04, 2010 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- C.Grady C.Grady, B.Woodgate GFP/DIS 17:00 06:40 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- DD03/O 17:06 06:42 0 0 0 0 13.6 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Huehnerhoff Cloudy until 0300MT. Clear the rest of the night with good seeing. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17:27 dis-slit -50( -351) 64 19 5.5 8.6 7.1 6.8 6.9 clear 1.84 19:31 dis-slit 120( -370) 43 44 5.4 5.8 5.6 5.2 5.2 clear 1.33 03:14 GFP 120( -139) -90 38 5.4 5.3 5.6 5.1 5.2 6717 0.81 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 44 15 1 203 (SSW) 968 ptly cldy none 17:00 42 5 2 240 (WSW) 327 ptly cldy none 18:00 41 6 6 263 (W) 393 ptly cldy none 19:00 41 9 5 188 (S) 538 ptly cldy none 20:00 41 7 2 211 (SSW) 397 ptly cldy none 21:00 43 6 2 205 (SSW) 516 ptly cldy none 22:00 43 5 7 259 (W) 519 ptly cldy none 23:00 41 6 5 259 (W) 586 mstly cldy none 00:00 40 4 6 256 (WSW) 753 mstly cldy none 01:00 42 1 5 259 (W) 622 mstly cldy none 02:00 43 1 4 253 (WSW) 556 ptly cldy none 03:00 42 0 8 270 (W) 404 mstly clr none 04:00 41 0 5 265 (W) 718 clear none 05:00 41 -1 11 292 (WNW) 509 clear none 06:00 40 -1 6 266 (W) 759 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