Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2010 12:13:48 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20100319 From: jwhueh@apo.nmsu.edu Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, March 19, 2010 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- T. Murphy R. Mcmillan APOLLO --:-- --:-- S. Gezari S. Gezari DIS --:-- --:-- J. Gauthier J. Gauthier DIS --:-- --:-- INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- DD01/O 19:23 20:23 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 JH04/R 20:23 01:10 1.9 2.9 0 0 0 0 0 0 UC01/R 01:10 06:59 5.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J. Huehnerhoff Radar returns were always nearby. Most of the night was also extremely high humidity if not rain or snow. More DIS testing and Analysis. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 44 18 23 252 (WSW) 861 mstly clr none 17:00 42 17 16 262 (W) 890 cloudy none 18:00 34 24 36 315 (NW) 1037 cloudy lt rain 19:00 29 29 21 309 (NW) 10457 cloudy lt snow 20:00 28 25 19 304 (NW) 1761 cloudy humid 21:00 28 24 5 288 (WNW) 1741 cloudy none 22:00 30 21 7 347 (NNW) 2424 cloudy none 23:00 29 20 15 239 (WSW) 2394 ptly cldy none 00:00 28 24 11 251 (WSW) 1853 mstly clr humid 01:00 26 26 11 287 (WNW) 14100 cloudy lt snow 02:00 24 22 14 340 (NNW) 1681 cloudy humid 03:00 22 16 1 185 (S) 1665 mstly cldy humid 04:00 21 14 5 282 (WNW) 1227 mstly clr humid 05:00 14 12 12 69 (ENE) 234 clear humid 06:00 12 11 21 66 (ENE) 120 clear 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: 1.7.1