From: Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20100214 Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2010 12:50:34 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Sunday, February 14, 2010 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- X.Liu X.Liu DIS 18:15 22:40 F. Mullally S. Thompson DIS --:-- --:-- INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- PU03/R 17:56 00:10 1.5 0 0 0 4.0 0.7 0 0 PU01/R 00:10 06:38 6.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: R.McMillan The night started out photometric with variable seeing. Humidity rose steadily through first half until we had to close. The dewpoint depression kept narrowing until we had some fog coming through; conditions didn't improve again before morning. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:22 dis-slit 219( -150) 132 73 -2.2 0.7 -0.7 -0.5 -0.8 1.40 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 35 14 14 279 (W) 377 clear none 17:00 31 11 15 304 (NW) 363 clear none 18:00 28 10 14 329 (NNW) 402 clear none 19:00 27 12 8 331 (NNW) 416 clear none 20:00 27 14 11 319 (NW) 527 clear none 21:00 25 14 5 2 (N) 518 clear none 22:00 24 19 7 332 (NNW) 436 clear none 23:00 22 20 9 339 (NNW) 440 clear humid 00:00 22 19 3 352 (N) 423 clear humid 01:00 21 20 9 316 (NW) 482 clear humid 02:00 20 19 7 304 (NW) 418 clear humid 03:00 20 19 6 276 (W) 2947 clear fog 04:00 19 18 2 247 (WSW) 8003 clear fog 05:00 20 18 2 309 (NW) 3893 clear fog 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: 2.11.1 Current TUI version: 1.7.0