Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2010 03:05:11 -0700 (MST) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20100204 From: "Jack Dembicky" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Thursday February 04, 2010 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- J.Frieman H.Lin DIS --:-- --:-- A.Kowalski A.Kowalski DIS --:-- --:-- PROG SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ------------------------------------------------------------------ UC06/R 17:47 00:10 6.3 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 UW05/R 00:10 06:47 0 6.6 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky Not enough sun this afternoon to melt the snow on the enclosure so we remained closed for the entire night. Humidity would have kept us closed also. Telescope parked at 25 deg az per Bill's request. ------------- 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------- 16:00 27 23 3 228 (SW) 179 cloudy humid 17:00 28 25 12 1 (N) 753 ptly cldy humid 18:00 26 23 11 6 (N) 158 ptly cldy humid 19:00 26 23 14 339 (NNW) 203 ptly cldy humid 20:00 26 24 13 9 (N) 202 ptly cldy humid 21:00 26 25 16 304 (NW) 197 ptly cldy humid 22:00 27 25 10 321 (NW) 234 ptly cldy humid 23:00 26 25 9 295 (WNW) 281 ptly cldy humid 00:00 26 25 12 30 (NNE) 243 ptly cldy humid 01:00 26 24 14 327 (NNW) 214 ptly cldy humid 02:00 26 24 15 330 (NNW) 278 ptly cldy humid 03:00 25 24 8 346 (NNW) 291 ptly cldy humid 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