Date: Sun, 2 May 2010 12:05:09 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20100501 From: jwhueh@apo.nmsu.edu Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, May 01, 2010 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- T. Harrison R. Hamilton, J. Coughlin TSPEC/DIS --:-- --:-- C. Blake C. Blake ECHELLE 01:16 02:10 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- NM06/R 19:54 01:10 3.4 1.9 0 0 0 0 0 0 PU06/R 01:10 06:07 0 4.1 0 0 0 0.9 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J. Huehnerhoff A couple of snow flakes in the late afternoon with high winds settling down into the evening. Clouds with some rain first half, subsiding at the beginning of second half enough to open. Cloud cover thickened up a little after 0200MT. Intermittent gaps the remainder of the evening until 0430 when radar returns came back. Spicam 1630 159.5K 0.02 0430 156.2K 0.02 ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 01:25 ECHELLE -128(-1237) 23 61 -0.7 -0.3 -0.2 -0.6 -0.6 ND2 0.82 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 ?? cloudy none 17:00 6 345 (NNW) cloudy none 18:00 34 9 21 282 (WNW) 1496 cloudy none 19:00 32 14 17 293 (WNW) 775 cloudy none 20:00 31 13 7 267 (W) 485 cloudy none 21:00 32 13 17 287 (WNW) 407 cloudy lt rain 22:00 30 17 13 331 (NNW) 374 cloudy lt rain 23:00 32 16 14 277 (W) 369 cloudy none 00:00 32 17 17 267 (W) 412 cloudy none 01:00 31 15 17 272 (W) 375 ptly cldy none 02:00 31 12 13 279 (W) 458 mstly cldy none 03:00 30 12 12 273 (W) 523 cloudy none 04:00 30 14 15 278 (W) 555 cloudy none 05:00 30 14 15 277 (W) 575 cloudy none 06:00 29 14 13 263 (W) 507 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