Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2010 05:26:49 -0600 (MDT) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20100610 From: "Jack Dembicky" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Thursday June 10, 2010 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- C.Churchill E.Klimek, T.Ross, J.Evans SPIcam 20:10 01:02 R.Reyes R.Reyes DIS 01:15 06:15 PROG SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ------------------------------------------------------------------ NM07/R 20:20 01:10 0 0 0 0 4.8 0 0 0 PU03/R 01:10 05:46 0 0 0 0 3.7 0.9 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky Spicam temp at start of night 177.3K Spicam temp 172.4K at 01:00 SPIcam temp at end of night 170.6K No telescope problems tonight. ------------- 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 21:13 SPICAM 24( 767) -19 55 17.3 18.0 18.1 17.0 17.4 SDSS u' 1.40 21:14 NA2gdr -834(29165) -19 55 17.2 18.0 18.1 17.0 17.4 clear 1.10 00:32 SPICAM 119( 766) -138 50 16.0 15.9 16.3 15.1 15.7 SDSS r' 1.40 01:18 dis-slit 136( 498) -174 62 15.1 15.4 15.6 14.6 14.9 -- 1.50 01:19 NA2gdr -92(21907) -173 62 15.1 15.4 15.5 14.6 14.9 clear 1.40 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:00 28 28 14 271 (W) 907 mstly clr none 19:00 24 24 16 267 (W) 916 mstly clr none 20:00 23 23 15 261 (W) 959 mstly clr none 21:00 21 21 15 261 (W) 836 mstly clr none 22:00 20 20 13 248 (WSW) 825 ptly cldy none 23:00 20 20 17 265 (W) 890 ptly cldy none 00:00 19 19 16 268 (W) 877 ptly cldy none 01:00 21 21 12 265 (W) 774 ptly cldy none 02:00 23 23 14 287 (WNW) 735 ptly cldy none 03:00 28 28 17 273 (W) 891 ptly cldy none 04:00 31 31 22 290 (WNW) 982 ptly cldy none 05:00 32 32 11 265 (W) 1003 ptly cldy 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: 1.7.3