Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2010 13:12:11 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20100219 From: jwhueh@apo.nmsu.edu Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, February 19, 2010 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- E. Hilton E. Hilton Agile 17:57 00:05 C. Wu C. Wu DIS 00:05 06:10 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- UW04/R 18:01 00:10 0 0 0 0 0.8 5.4 0 0 NM03/R 00:10 06:33 1.5 0 0 0 4.9 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J. Huehnerhoff Light cloud cover first half turning to moderate cloud cover at start of second half. Cloud cover at the beginning of second half prohibited science, around 0300MT the clouds cleared enough to allow observing. Instruments performed without problem. Spicam Temp 1500MT 168.9K 0010MT 168.2K 0610MT 169.3K ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:48 AGILE 125(-2212) 96 33 0.3 1.4 0.8 0.3 0.6 MSSSO B 1.66 00:26 dis-slit 196( -180) 86 60 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.2 0.3 clear 1.21 00:29 NA2gdr -797(21202) 85 61 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.1 0.2 clear 0.80 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 35 18 11 265 (W) 1535 clear none 17:00 35 17 18 265 (W) 1638 clear none 18:00 33 17 14 240 (WSW) 1686 clear none 19:00 32 15 13 264 (W) 1737 clear none 20:00 32 14 15 258 (WSW) 1763 clear none 21:00 31 16 22 265 (W) 1775 clear none 22:00 32 16 21 271 (W) 1769 mstly clr none 23:00 33 16 11 264 (W) 1884 mstly clr none 00:00 33 17 15 255 (WSW) 1811 ptly cldy none 01:00 31 18 12 246 (WSW) 1611 cloudy none 02:00 31 18 17 236 (SW) 1620 cloudy none 03:00 31 18 11 254 (WSW) 1634 ptly cldy none 04:00 31 20 11 264 (W) 1416 clear none 05:00 30 19 11 263 (W) 1280 clear none 06:00 29 19 7 263 (W) 1334 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: 2.11.1 Current TUI version: 1.7.0