Date: Thu, 13 May 2010 06:10:32 -0600 (MDT) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20100512 From: "Jack Dembicky" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday May 12, 2010 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- D.York B.Woodgate, C.Grady DIS 20:00 01:10 J.Hornbeck B.Woodgate B.Woodgate, C.Grady DIS 01:10 02:35 J.Hornbeck GFP 02:35 06:00 PROG SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ------------------------------------------------------------------ UC05/O 20:02 01:10 0 0 0 0 5.1 0 0 0 DD03/O 01:10 05:57 0 0 0 0 4.3 0.5 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky Spicam temp at start of night 169.0K Spicam temp at end of night K Az motion error too large errors at the following Az: 147.5 207.9 218.7 312.5 No problems otherwise. ------------- 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:15 dis-slit 124( 64) 82 62 5.2 6.9 6.3 5.4 5.8 -- 1.64 20:51 dis-slit 168( 61) 106 63 5.5 5.9 5.8 4.7 5.3 -- 1.44 20:53 NA2gdr 701(22701) 106 63 5.4 5.9 5.8 4.7 5.2 clear 1.30 22:53 dis-slit 108( -91) 160 67 4.1 4.1 4.3 3.3 3.7 clear 1.60 03:28 GFP 300( 447) 331 25 5.2 4.8 5.2 4.5 4.9 V 1.70 03:31 NA2gdr 3572(37572) 330 24 5.0 4.8 5.2 4.5 4.9 clear 1.70 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------- 16:00 47 3 28 271 (W) 1780 clear none 17:00 49 2 25 246 (WSW) 1129 clear none 18:00 50 2 17 252 (WSW) 667 clear none 19:00 46 1 21 265 (W) 596 clear none 20:00 42 1 11 265 (W) 626 clear none 21:00 41 3 13 265 (W) 616 clear none 22:00 40 6 16 289 (WNW) 547 clear none 23:00 39 9 16 269 (W) 689 clear none 00:00 40 9 16 288 (WNW) 720 clear none 01:00 40 6 15 291 (WNW) 769 clear none 02:00 42 0 18 295 (WNW) 593 clear none 03:00 41 2 20 277 (W) 654 clear none 04:00 42 3 19 279 (W) 718 clear none 05:00 42 3 18 278 (W) 744 clear none 06:00 42 3 14 294 (WNW) 738 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: 1.7.2