Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 11:36:42 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20100615 From: "Gabrelle Saurage" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Tuesday, June 15, 2010 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- T.Murphy R.McMillan APOLLO 19:55 21:19 M.Gladders M.Bayliss DIS 21:22 01:10 C.Churchill E.Barton SPICAM 01:21 05:30 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- UW16/O 20:17 21:20 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 UC01.D/R 21:20 01:10 0 0 0 0 2.0 1.8 0 0 NM04/R 01:10 04:51 0 0 0 0 4.6 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: G.Saurage Clear night began with good seeing, degraded for an hour or so at the end of first half when dust and humidity rose. Stabilized again for second half. No problems. SPICAM temps: 19:00 176.4 05:30 170.9 ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:18 APOLLO 200( 1581) 59 67 16.8 20.0 18.2 18.5 18.4 1.20 21:28 dis-slit 53( 563) -110 39 17.0 17.9 17.3 16.3 16.9 1.20 23:49 dis-slit -45( 300) -110 34 13.5 14.4 14.2 13.2 13.5 2.77 01:30 SPICAM 94( 601) -81 67 14.1 13.4 13.8 12.8 13.4 r' 1.33 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 31 31 15 222 (SW) 822 clear none 17:00 30 30 15 206 (SSW) 849 clear none 18:00 26 26 6 249 (WSW) 847 clear none 19:00 27 27 16 224 (SW) 864 clear none 20:00 22 22 9 209 (SSW) 875 clear none 21:00 19 19 7 211 (SSW) 955 clear none 22:00 19 19 9 195 (SSW) 893 clear none 23:00 48 48 21 140 (SE) 2222 clear humid 00:00 44 44 20 129 (SE) 1479 clear none 01:00 40 40 19 147 (SSE) 911 clear none 02:00 40 40 23 156 (SSE) 900 clear none 03:00 41 41 21 183 (S) 955 clear none 04:00 41 41 20 182 (S) 927 clear none 05:00 42 42 16 198 (SSW) 1179 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