Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2010 12:15:40 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20100409 From: jwhueh@apo.nmsu.edu Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, April 09, 2010 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- W. Ketzeback J. Huehnerhoff ECHELLE 19:35 20:33 B. Balick B. Balick DIS 20:35 01:05 M. Strauss M. Shin, M. Oguri DIS 01:06 06:00 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- NM08/O 19:38 20:38 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 UW08/R 20:38 01:10 0 0 0 0 4.5 0 0 0 PU08/R 01:10 06:31 0 0 0 0 3.2 2.2 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J. Huehnerhoff Photometric skies and sub-arcsecond seeing for much of the night. No problems to report. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:45 ECHELLE -34( -557) 239 55 8.6 11.5 10.3 10.6 10.3 ND3 0.88 20:42 dis-slit 208( 270) 124 67 8.6 9.4 8.9 8.3 8.5 clear 1.18 23:03 dis-slit 200( 205) 210 78 8.4 8.3 8.5 7.8 8.1 clear 0.77 01:11 dis-slit 164( 139) 48 73 7.5 7.7 8.0 7.4 7.6 clear 0.80 03:11 dis-slit 105( 50) 22 66 6.9 7.0 7.1 6.3 6.6 clear 1.14 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 53 15 11 263 (W) 1726 clear none 17:00 57 17 15 213 (SSW) 1845 clear none 18:00 52 14 12 258 (WSW) 1761 clear none 19:00 52 14 17 233 (SW) 1762 clear none 20:00 48 9 12 267 (W) 1613 clear none 21:00 48 10 11 264 (W) 1655 clear none 22:00 47 9 9 268 (W) 1616 clear none 23:00 47 9 12 286 (WNW) 1479 clear none 00:00 47 8 14 266 (W) 1301 clear none 01:00 47 10 11 263 (W) 1319 clear none 02:00 47 10 15 265 (W) 1294 clear none 03:00 44 9 11 258 (WSW) 1252 clear none 04:00 44 10 13 263 (W) 1379 clear none 05:00 45 9 8 277 (W) 1403 clear none 06:00 43 9 8 268 (W) 1204 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