Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2010 05:53:47 -0600 (MDT) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 2010415 From: "Jack Dembicky" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Thursday April 15, 2010 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- X.Liu X.Liu DIS 18:40 K.France B.Fleming,S.McCandliss DIS PROG SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ------------------------------------------------------------------ PU02/R 19:42 01:10 0 0 0 0 4.0 1.5 0 0 CU02/R 01:10 06:24 0 0 0 0 5.2 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------- FOCUS LOG --------------- Time Instrument Focus Az El Temp Strc Prim Sec Air filt FWHM ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:09 dis-slit 175( 350) 123 65 7.3 11.7 9.6 10.1 11.2 -- 2.00 21:34 dis-slit 155( 220) 303 69 9.4 9.5 9.5 8.1 9.0 -- 1.25 01:14 dis-slit 90( 85) 314 49 7.8 7.7 8.1 7.3 7.6 -- 1.00 01:16 NA2gdr -778(21221) 313 49 7.7 7.7 8.0 7.3 7.6 clear 0.90 05:28 dis-slit 145( 103) 246 34 6.7 6.5 6.8 5.7 6.3 -- 1.50 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------- 16:00 53 32 9 267 (W) 569 mstly cldy none 17:00 57 30 13 259 (W) 681 ptly cldy none 18:00 54 30 9 263 (W) 569 mstly clr none 19:00 52 25 11 266 (W) 591 mstly clr none 20:00 46 40 9 54 (NE) 514 clear none 21:00 44 35 9 82 (E) 460 clear none 22:00 48 29 6 259 (W) 642 clear none 23:00 47 33 3 213 (SSW) 609 clear none 00:00 47 34 3 195 (SSW) 599 clear none 01:00 46 36 5 215 (SW) 613 clear none 02:00 47 34 7 276 (W) 683 clear none 03:00 45 38 1 296 (WNW) 579 clear none 04:00 45 37 2 315 (NW) 595 clear none 05:00 44 36 11 56 (NE) 733 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