Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2010 11:52:24 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20100322 From: "Gabrelle Saurage" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Monday, March 22, 2010 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- T.Murphy R.McMillan APOLLO 19:00 20:25 C.Froning C.Froning NICFPS 20:26 21:00 R.Reyes R.Reyes DIS 21:11 06:00 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- UW16/O 19:25 20:25 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 CU02/R 20:25 21:07 0 0 0 0 0.7 0 0 0 PU02/R 21:07 06:55 0 0 0 3.7 5.2 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: G.Saurage Mostly clear skies. Dust running a bit high. No problems. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:09 APOLLO 275( 1121) 84 68 5.3 9.1 6.9 8.2 7.8 530nm 1.20 20:42 NICFPS 166( 660) -33 52 5.1 5.7 5.7 5.0 5.3 MK-H 0.80 21:17 dis-slit 166( 19) 149 68 5.0 5.2 5.1 4.3 4.5 1.34 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 48 6 7 206 (SSW) 2724 mstly clr none 17:00 50 7 11 252 (WSW) 2436 mstly clr none 18:00 47 6 8 224 (SW) 2646 mstly clr none 19:00 43 2 11 203 (SSW) 2673 mstly clr none 20:00 42 0 15 218 (SW) 2737 mstly clr none 21:00 41 2 13 244 (WSW) 2243 mstly clr none 22:00 43 1 19 262 (W) 2676 mstly clr none 23:00 42 1 10 264 (W) 2509 ptly cldy none 00:00 42 0 18 267 (W) 2432 ptly cldy none 01:00 43 1 18 268 (W) 2450 mstly clr none 02:00 42 1 17 264 (W) 2499 mstly clr none 03:00 42 2 20 265 (W) 2513 mstly clr none 04:00 41 4 12 269 (W) 2480 mstly clr none 05:00 41 4 19 284 (WNW) 2508 mstly cldy 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