Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:54:27 -0600 (MDT) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20100317 From: "Jack Dembicky" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday March 17, 2010 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- C.Wu C.Wu DIS 19:00 01:05 J.Gauthier J.Gauthier DIS 01:10 07:20 PROG SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ------------------------------------------------------------------ NM03/R 19:21 01:10 0 0 0 0 3.9 2.0 0 0 UC01/R 01:10 07:01 0 0 0 0 5.8 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky No problems tonight. ------------- FAILURE LOG -------------- PROG INST FAILURE MODE TIME (STEDFNVOG) TI/SHU START FINISH DESCRIPTION ---------------------------------------------------------------------- applied. ---------------- FOCUS LOG --------------- Time Instrument Focus Az El Temp Strc Prim Sec Air filt FWHM ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:39 dis-slit 194( 223) -9 57 4.1 8.5 6.0 7.8 8.3 -- 1.10 19:55 NA2gdr 923(22923) -16 56 3.7 7.5 5.7 5.8 5.8 clear 1.40 21:00 dis-slit 104( -36) -7 59 3.7 5.2 4.6 3.5 4.2 -- 1.10 21:03 NA2gdr 1196(23196) -8 59 3.7 5.1 4.6 3.5 4.2 clear 1.00 23:26 dis-slit 150( -89) -6 59 3.2 3.1 3.5 2.3 3.0 -- 1.50 01:09 dis-slit 50( -233) -25 56 2.6 2.2 2.5 1.2 2.1 -- 1.00 01:11 NA2gdr -2702(19297) -26 56 2.8 2.2 2.5 1.2 2.1 R 1.00 02:16 NA2gdr -2702(19297) -46 55 2.6 2.0 2.4 1.0 1.9 R 1.00 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------- 16:00 47 21 2 247 (WSW) 643 clear none 17:00 47 22 7 263 (W) 669 clear none 18:00 47 19 5 260 (W) 598 clear none 19:00 41 16 3 233 (SW) 645 clear none 20:00 39 14 5 188 (S) 651 clear none 21:00 39 14 6 177 (S) 636 clear none 22:00 39 17 14 115 (ESE) 772 clear none 23:00 38 18 18 112 (ESE) 767 clear none 00:00 37 18 15 112 (ESE) 735 clear none 01:00 37 18 17 133 (SE) 713 clear none 02:00 37 18 15 144 (SE) 710 clear none 03:00 36 19 12 179 (S) 744 clear none 04:00 36 18 13 168 (SSE) 711 clear none 05:00 36 18 19 200 (SSW) 777 clear none 06:00 36 17 13 174 (S) 766 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: 1.7.1