Date: Sat, 22 May 2010 06:02:24 -0600 (MDT) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20100521 From: jwhueh@apo.nmsu.edu Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, May 21, 2010 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- F. Mullally F. Mullally DIS 20:15 00:03 A. Kowalski A. Kowalski DIS 00:03 02:52 J. Coughlin J. Coughlin TSPEC 03:00 05:45 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- PU09/R 20:08 00:00 0 0 0 0 0 3.8 0 0 UW01/R 00:00 03:00 0 0 0 0 0.6 2.4 0 0 NM01/R 03:00 05:51 0 0 0 0 2.9 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J. Huehnerhoff First attempt to open mirror covers resulted in the covers only partially opening. Pressing the close button in TUI and then open again made them open completely. No problems with motions errors tonight. Spicam 1600 170.0K 0600 169.7K ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:27 dis-slit 290( 807) 106 65 15.9 18.6 16.9 17.5 17.3 clear 1.40 00:06 dis-slit 140( 466) 287 55 14.7 14.6 14.9 14.2 14.5 clear 0.98 03:10 TSPEC 126( 619) 59 69 11.4 12.1 12.3 11.2 11.6 clear 1.33 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 70 26 20 226 (SW) 1044 clear none 17:00 71 25 16 212 (SSW) 1118 clear none 18:00 69 25 20 241 (WSW) 874 clear none 19:00 66 23 13 263 (W) 861 clear none 20:00 61 21 17 222 (SW) 852 clear none 21:00 60 21 13 199 (SSW) 869 clear none 22:00 59 22 16 213 (SSW) 921 clear none 23:00 60 20 11 256 (WSW) 1032 clear none 00:00 59 21 13 277 (W) 1208 clear none 01:00 57 20 13 258 (WSW) 1155 clear none 02:00 55 18 12 271 (W) 1040 clear none 03:00 53 18 10 261 (W) 1089 clear none 04:00 52 19 10 263 (W) 1047 clear none 05:00 51 22 14 267 (W) 1059 clear none 06:00 51 22 16 264 (W) 970 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