Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2010 13:47:43 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20100226 From: jwhueh@apo.nmsu.edu Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, February 26, 2010 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- J. Wisniewski J. Wisniewski Echelle 18:03 23:04 T. Murphy T. Murphy APOLLO 23:08 00:05 D. York D. York DIS 00:10 04:45 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- UW12/R 18:07 23:10 0 0 0 0 0 5.0 0 0 DD01/O 23:10 00:10 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 UC07/R 00:10 06:25 0.7 3.1 0 0 0 2.4 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J. Huehnerhoff Problems with mirror covers to at opening. Reseting put them back into proper auto mode, no further problems the remainder of the night. Between 01:00 and 02:30 no science was possible do to thick clouds. There was no sign of precipitation and more clear skies behind them so it was decided to stay open. After a period of clear skies they returned to overcast that was no possible to shoot through. The weather cleared just before twilight. time SPI_temp SPI_ION DIS Blue Temp 1430 162.8K 0.02 -112.2C 1800 163.6K 0.02 -110.5C 0445 158.7K 0.02 -114.4C 0645 159.2K -114.2C ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:13 ECHELLE 299( -733) 158 78 -2.8 1.4 -1.2 1.1 0.2 ND3 1.24 19:08 ECHELLE 42(-1109) 355 61 -3.4 -1.1 -2.4 -2.5 -2.3 ND3 0.98 23:08 APOLLO 75( 294) 24 68 -3.6 -3.7 -3.4 -4.7 -3.8 clear 1.25 00:15 dis-slit 222( -361) 53 64 -3.7 -3.8 -3.4 -4.6 -3.8 clear 1.15 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 31 14 6 333 (NNW) 345 clear none 17:00 31 15 12 309 (NW) 351 clear none 18:00 28 14 8 322 (NW) 433 mstly clr none 19:00 27 11 2 352 (N) 390 clear none 20:00 26 11 9 41 (NE) 506 mstly clr none 21:00 27 6 6 274 (W) 549 mstly clr none 22:00 26 11 9 287 (WNW) 455 mstly clr none 23:00 26 11 8 302 (WNW) 392 mstly clr none 00:00 27 10 3 247 (WSW) 403 mstly clr none 01:00 27 9 7 291 (WNW) 467 mstly cldy none 02:00 26 9 9 272 (W) 393 cloudy none 03:00 26 8 7 283 (WNW) 319 ptly cldy none 04:00 27 11 1 243 (WSW) 342 mstly cldy none 05:00 32 5 2 346 (NNW) 508 mstly clr none 06:00 31 3 2 239 (WSW) 404 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: 2.11.1 Current TUI version: 1.7.0