Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2010 11:57:30 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20100408 From: "Gabrelle Saurage" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Thursday, April 8, 2010 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- M.Huber W.Bhatti Echelle, DIS 19:40 01:06 J.Prieto J.Prieto DIS 01:08 06:10 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- JH02/R 19:37 01:10 0 0 0 0 5.5 0 0 0 PU04/O 01:10 06:33 0 0 0 0 2.7 2.7 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: G.Saurage Clear skies. Moderate to good seeing. 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:12 ECHELLE 60( -675) 100 34 4.1 6.6 5.1 5.2 5.2 ND1 1.69 21:43 dis-slit 141( -24) -97 64 4.8 4.8 4.7 3.7 4.3 1.74 01:13 dis-slit 195( 2) 318 63 5.3 4.3 4.8 3.9 4.6 1.11 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 50 10 7 248 (WSW) 1135 mstly clr none 17:00 49 10 8 253 (WSW) 1251 mstly clr none 18:00 47 11 15 214 (SW) 1247 mstly clr none 19:00 44 10 5 210 (SSW) 1318 mstly clr none 20:00 40 8 8 188 (S) 1251 mstly clr none 21:00 40 3 11 185 (S) 1052 mstly clr none 22:00 41 4 16 181 (S) 1077 mstly clr none 23:00 41 6 10 184 (S) 1373 mstly clr none 00:00 41 8 12 186 (S) 1797 mstly clr none 01:00 41 10 12 188 (S) 1737 mstly clr none 02:00 41 9 10 186 (S) 1763 mstly clr none 03:00 41 11 13 217 (SW) 1809 clear none 04:00 40 11 10 188 (S) 1929 clear none 05:00 41 11 12 205 (SSW) 1925 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