Date: Sun, 16 May 2010 06:01:24 -0600 (MDT) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20100515 From: jwhueh@apo.nmsu.edu Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, May 15, 2010 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- P. Kundurthy P. Kundurthy Agile 20:05 01:05 J. Prieto J. Prieto DIS 01:07 05:20 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- UW03/R 20:04 01:10 0 0 0 0 3.1 2.0 0 0 PU04/R 01:10 05:55 0 0 0 0 4.8 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J. Huehnerhoff Nice clear night with good seeing after twilight. One motion error at the beginning but no other problems the remainder of the night. Motion error occurred at 03:21 UT at an Az/Alt of 122.7/19.5. Spicam 13:30 170.0K 05:30 167.8K ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:49 AGILE 0(-1915) 121 58 8.5 10.8 9.5 9.3 9.5 SDSS r' 0.93 01:15 dis-slit 166( 228) 279 35 9.7 8.7 9.2 8.1 9.0 clear 1.42 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 58 28 14 213 (SSW) 1389 mstly cldy none 17:00 53 25 9 224 (SW) 1189 mstly cldy none 18:00 52 29 7 304 (NW) 1314 ptly cldy none 19:00 51 29 7 229 (SW) 1325 ptly cldy none 20:00 49 27 7 269 (W) 1363 mstly clr none 21:00 48 24 10 225 (SW) 1287 clear none 22:00 46 23 9 232 (SW) 1242 clear none 23:00 49 22 8 233 (SW) 1309 clear none 00:00 47 20 7 259 (W) 1149 clear none 01:00 50 19 10 261 (W) 1182 clear none 02:00 50 20 7 248 (WSW) 1175 clear none 03:00 48 24 10 229 (SW) 1187 clear none 04:00 47 27 9 222 (SW) 1175 clear none 05:00 46 27 7 185 (S) 1172 clear none 06:00 45 31 8 171 (S) 1289 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