Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2010 13:43:17 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20100206 From: jwhueh@apo.nmsu.edu Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, February 06, 2010 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- T. Thuan Y. Izotov DIS 18:00 00:04 R. Reyes R. Reyes DIS 00:04 05:45 T. Murphy R. McMillan APOLLO 05:45 06:20 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- UV04/R 17:49 00:10 0 0 0 0 6.4 0 0 0 PU02/R 00:10 05:45 0 0 0 0 2.0 3.6 0 0 DD01/O 05:45 06:45 0 0.4 0 0 0 0.6 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J. Huehnerhoff Clear start to the night with thick clouds starting a little before 00:00MT. Clouds remainder thick the rest of the night although science was possible till morning twilight when it was not possible to shoot through. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:23 dis-slit 179( -137) 146 63 0.1 1.6 0.6 0.5 0.6 clear 1.08 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 37 14 10 267 (W) 210 mstly clr none 17:00 35 17 12 265 (W) 220 mstly clr none 18:00 32 15 11 264 (W) 318 clear none 19:00 32 18 11 234 (SW) 488 clear none 20:00 32 20 13 240 (WSW) 493 ptly cldy none 21:00 33 13 10 262 (W) 278 mstly clr none 22:00 34 14 13 267 (W) 302 mstly cldy none 23:00 33 18 9 256 (WSW) 372 mstly cldy none 00:00 33 18 11 219 (SW) 387 cloudy none 01:00 33 15 17 212 (SSW) 375 cloudy none 02:00 32 18 16 209 (SSW) 347 mstly cldy none 03:00 31 18 14 203 (SSW) 403 ptly cldy none 04:00 30 18 17 210 (SSW) 458 cloudy none 05:00 30 19 11 215 (SW) 436 cloudy none 06:00 30 18 19 233 (SW) 398 cloudy 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