Date: Fri, 14 May 2010 05:17:07 -0600 (MDT) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20100513 From: "Jack Dembicky" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Thursday May 13, 2010 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- D.York B.Woodgate, C.Grady GFP 20:00 10:00 J.Hornbeck DIS 10:10 00:15 B.Woodgate B.Woodgate, C.Grady GFP 00:15 05:00 J.Hornbeck PROG SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ------------------------------------------------------------------ UC05/O 20:03 01:10 0 0 0 0 5.1 0 0 0 DD03/O 01:10 05:56 0 0 0 0 4.8 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky Spicam temp at start of night 172.5K Spicam temp at end of night 167.2K Telescope pointing again changed on NA2 (TertXTiltCoefX +70, TertYTiltCoeff +850) We had a couple of az errors but we also stayed on objects for quite a long time, not many slews to get errors. Humidity started to rise at the end of the night and twilight started just as we needed to close. Science was finished. ------------- 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 21:06 GFP 525( 927) 51 68 8.7 11.2 10.8 9.9 10.3 B 1.20 21:14 NA2gdr 2531(36531) 47 69 8.7 10.9 10.5 9.6 9.9 clear 2.20 22:17 dis-slit 200( 284) 1 75 9.6 9.9 10.0 8.9 9.4 -- 1.00 22:19 NA2gdr 3380(25380) 0 75 9.4 9.9 9.9 8.9 9.4 clear 0.90 00:36 GFP 300( 545) 152 55 7.0 7.8 7.8 6.9 7.2 B 1.50 00:40 NA2gdr 5001(39001) 153 56 7.1 7.8 7.7 6.8 7.1 B 3.00 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------- 16:00 56 12 25 217 (SW) 1413 clear none 17:00 57 13 15 226 (SW) 1125 clear none 18:00 58 13 7 256 (WSW) 1088 clear none 19:00 55 12 12 229 (SW) 1213 clear none 20:00 50 13 2 229 (SW) 1259 clear none 21:00 50 11 10 182 (S) 1245 clear none 22:00 50 18 14 138 (SE) 1368 clear none 23:00 47 20 16 119 (ESE) 1465 clear none 00:00 46 21 16 112 (ESE) 1552 clear none 01:00 44 22 16 115 (ESE) 1609 mstly clr none 02:00 47 28 21 125 (SE) 2258 clear none 03:00 47 34 19 135 (SE) 2552 clear none 04:00 47 37 22 133 (SE) 2956 mstly clr none 05:00 45 40 18 116 (ESE) 3253 clear humid 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