Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2010 04:46:42 -0600 (MDT) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20100429 From: "Jack Dembicky" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Thursday April 29, 2010 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- B.Ketzeback J.Dembicky TSPEC --:-- --:-- L.Walker L.Walker SPIcam --:-- --:-- T.Murphy R.McMillan APOLLO --:-- --:-- C.Blake C.Blake Echelle --:-- --:-- PROG SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ------------------------------------------------------------------ NM08/W 19:52 20:52 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UV06/R 20:52 01:10 0.5 3.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 UW16/R 01:10 02:10 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 PU06/R 02:10 06:08 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky Spicam temp at start of night 167.1K Spicam temp at end of night 160.4K Clouds and wind all night long. A few flurries too. ------------- 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------- 16:00 56 23 40 223 (SW) 64263 mstly cldy none 17:00 53 19 27 262 (W) 39057 mstly cldy none 18:00 53 20 51 263 (W) 52050 mstly cldy none 19:00 50 23 46 265 (W) 22915 cloudy none 20:00 48 24 40 251 (WSW) 17670 cloudy none 21:00 40 26 23 265 (W) 23323 cloudy none 22:00 37 28 18 269 (W) 15181 cloudy none 23:00 35 26 13 264 (W) 4755 cloudy lt snow 00:00 33 22 16 265 (W) 3652 cloudy none 01:00 31 23 23 267 (W) 3871 cloudy none 02:00 30 18 27 276 (W) 4684 cloudy none 03:00 28 17 28 286 (WNW) 3838 cloudy none 04:00 26 14 17 287 (WNW) 2211 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: 1.7.2