From: Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20101205 Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2010 14:51:13 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Sunday December 5, 2010 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- C.Grady C.Grady, B.Woodgate GFP/DIS/Echelle 17:00 06:21 PROG SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ------------------------------------------------------------------ UC04/O 17:06 06:43 4.0 0 0 0 9.6 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: N. Ule Night began with one exposure of Ganymede with the Echelle. Program proceeded from there as scheduled. Clouds became a problem after 12:00 Mountain time. ------------- FAILURE LOG -------------- PROG INST FAILURE MODE TIME (STEDFNVOG) TI/SHU START FINISH DESCRIPTION ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------- FOCUS LOG --------------- Time Instrument Focus Az El Temp Strc Prim Sec Air filt FWHM ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:31 dis-slit 69 52.2 33.7 6.0 7.9 6.5 6.4 6.5 clear 1.66 00:46 dis-slit 94 -73 72.4 6.4 6.3 6.7 6.0 6.3 clear 1.21 03:30 GFP 300 23 85.0 5.1 5.3 5.5 4.8 5.0 R 1.50 05:30 GFP 50 3 48.5 5.2 5.2 5.3 4.6 4.9 R 1.20 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 49 5 4 264 (W) 619 clear none 17:00 43 0 1 221 (SW) 816 clear none 18:00 44 0 2 284 (WNW) 385 mstly clr none 19:00 44 0 0 265 (W) 329 mstly clr none 20:00 44 0 1 333 (NNW) 288 ptly cldy none 21:00 45 9 4 256 (WSW) 216 ptly cldy none 22:00 45 9 3 255 (WSW) 216 ptly cldy none 23:00 44 8 5 264 (W) 558 mstly clr none 00:00 44 8 2 255 (WSW) 878 mstly clr none 01:00 43 8 5 256 (WSW) 1046 mstly clr none 02:00 44 19 12 278 (W) 486 ptly cldy none 03:00 42 14 5 264 (W) 553 ptly cldy none 04:00 42 13 8 264 (W) 915 mstly cldy none 05:00 42 12 8 264 (W) 924 mstly cldy none 06:00 41 14 9 286 (WNW) 1077 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: 2.13.0 Current TUI version: 1.8.4