Date: Thu, 20 May 2010 11:45:06 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20100519 From: "Gabrelle Saurage" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday, May 19, 2010 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- X.Liu X.Liu, Y.Shen TSPEC 20:00 01:04 C.Churchill J.Evans, E.Klimek SPICAM 01:15 05:55 T.Ross INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- PU02/R 20:07 01:10 0 0 0 0 0 5.1 0 0 NM07/R 01:10 05:52 0 0 0 0 4.7 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: G.Saurage Clear skies. Az Motion Errors: UT Az 06:07 143 07:15 196 SPICAM had it's cover off. I put it back on with the screws that were laying around on the computer cart since it was used second half. SPICAM temps: 18:00 172.3 05:45 168.6 ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:46 TSPEC 222( 759) 0 60 12.3 12.9 12.5 12.0 12.3 2.34 01:38 SPICAM 161( 491) 283 54 9.7 9.6 9.8 9.0 9.4 g' 0.89 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 57 19 13 262 (W) 778 clear none 17:00 58 20 16 276 (W) 750 clear none 18:00 59 19 10 244 (WSW) 735 clear none 19:00 56 17 18 265 (W) 801 clear none 20:00 54 18 14 276 (W) 817 clear none 21:00 54 18 6 272 (W) 817 clear none 22:00 52 14 1 227 (SW) 805 clear none 23:00 52 14 15 27 (NNE) 778 clear none 00:00 51 14 13 357 (N) 718 clear none 01:00 50 14 19 24 (NNE) 737 clear none 02:00 50 15 15 17 (NNE) 710 clear none 03:00 50 15 13 354 (N) 677 clear none 04:00 49 16 18 4 (N) 1064 clear none 05:00 49 17 14 35 (NE) 1511 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