Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2010 06:06:41 -0600 (MDT) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20100611 From: jwhueh@apo.nmsu.edu Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, June 11, 2010 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- M. Gladders M. Bayliss DIS 20:50 01:02 J. Coughlin J. Coughlin DIS/TSPEC 01:02 05:47 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- UC01/R 20:20 01:10 0 0 0 0 4.8 0 0 0 NM01/R 01:10 05:46 0 0 0 0 4.6 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J. Huehnerhoff Photometric night with good seeing. Some minor problems with TUI beta on obs1 that prevented guide images from being loaded. Switched back to 1.7.3. Had some problems with triplespec guiding but most likely due to known 1.7.3 triplespec issues. Tested beta version in morning and had no problems displaying guide images, will test on sky tonight. Remy Indebetouw onsite for training. Spicam 1700 174.5K 0600 169.2K ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 21:00 dis-slit 121( 629) 209 49 16.3 18.1 16.8 17.1 16.8 clear 1.40 01:47 TSPEC 129( 709) 76 63 13.5 13.8 13.8 12.8 13.3 clear 1.04 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 27 27 15 243 (WSW) 1405 clear none 17:00 26 26 25 207 (SSW) 1466 clear none 18:00 25 25 23 213 (SSW) 1432 clear none 19:00 27 27 20 226 (SW) 1638 clear none 20:00 28 28 17 224 (SW) 1417 clear none 21:00 27 27 12 203 (SSW) 1457 clear none 22:00 26 26 10 219 (SW) 1611 clear none 23:00 25 25 12 224 (SW) 1463 clear none 00:00 24 24 11 224 (SW) 1068 clear none 01:00 24 24 7 251 (WSW) 945 clear none 02:00 26 26 5 256 (WSW) 926 clear none 03:00 28 28 7 260 (W) 1057 clear none 04:00 28 28 11 224 (SW) 999 clear none 05:00 23 23 13 212 (SSW) 706 clear none 06:00 23 23 11 232 (SW) 606 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: 1.7.3