Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2010 06:59:13 -0700 (MST) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20101206 From: "Jack Dembicky" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Monday, December 06, 2010 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- D.York C.Grady, B.Woodgate DIS 16:50 20:10 D.York C.Grady, B.Woodgate DIS 00:00 02:30 GFP 02:30 06:30 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- UC04/R 17:06 00:00 3.8 0 0 0 2.1 0.9 0 0 UC04/R 00:00 06:44 0 0 0 0 6.7 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky Clouds closed us around 20:20 and we tried to re-open a little after 22:00. but clouds quickly came back and swamped us. System finally started to move out around 00:00. Problem with NA2 GMech focus script, PR submitted. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17:47 dis-slit 286( -73) 14 51 6.6 8.6 7.6 7.8 7.5 -- 1.40 17:54 NA2gdr 6200(28200) 11 52 6.8 8.4 7.5 7.6 7.5 clear 1.80 18:38 dis-slit 178( -216) 53 35 6.1 7.4 6.9 6.5 6.6 -- 1.80 18:41 NA2gdr 6251(28251) 53 35 5.9 7.4 6.8 6.5 6.6 clear 1.59 22:06 dis-slit 286( -222) 29 65 6.3 5.9 6.3 5.8 6.0 -- 1.20 23:58 dis-slit 279( -233) -36 63 6.1 5.8 6.1 5.6 5.8 -- 1.40 00:06 dis-slit 279( -231) -39 62 6.2 5.8 6.2 5.6 5.8 R 0.90 02:33 GFP 29( -248) -60 62 5.4 5.5 5.8 5.1 5.3 3740/50 0.91 02:38 NA2gdr -4897(29102) -61 61 5.6 5.4 5.7 5.0 5.3 R 0.90 03:42 GFP 154( -129) -77 48 5.2 5.1 5.3 4.9 5.0 7230/190 0.84 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 47 18 11 258 (WSW) 426 ptly cldy none 17:00 44 14 12 264 (W) 534 ptly cldy none 18:00 44 13 13 275 (W) 396 ptly cldy none 19:00 44 15 15 260 (W) 372 ptly cldy none 20:00 43 14 10 265 (W) 410 cloudy none 21:00 44 16 15 265 (W) 559 cloudy none 22:00 44 19 17 280 (W) 859 cloudy none 23:00 43 20 22 294 (WNW) 619 cloudy none 00:00 43 20 8 268 (W) 652 ptly cldy none 01:00 43 20 15 301 (WNW) 470 mstly clr none 02:00 43 21 12 289 (WNW) 629 mstly clr none 03:00 42 20 17 302 (WNW) 791 mstly clr none 04:00 40 20 15 303 (WNW) 839 mstly clr none 05:00 39 19 12 311 (NW) 1155 mstly clr none 06:00 38 21 17 352 (N) 1230 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