Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2010 06:02:30 -0600 (MDT) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20100625 From: jwhueh@apo.nmsu.edu Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, June 25, 2010 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- L. Winter L. Winter DIS --:-- --:-- J. Coughlin J. Coughlin DIS --:-- --:-- C. Miller C. Miller, N. Chanover DIS --:-- --:-- S. Bickerton S. Bickerton DIS/ECHELLE 03:08 03:55 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- CU04/R 20:24 00:10 0 3.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 DD08/R 00:10 01:10 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NM03/R 01:10 03:10 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 PU07/R 03:10 05:48 0 1.8 0 0 0 0.8 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J. Huehnerhoff Rain intermittent from sunset till 0200MT. Gaps in clouds appearing after 0200MT but local radar returns headed towards site. Opened shortly at 0300MT but increasing radar returns and cloud cover forced to close. Spicam 1600 175.4K 0.04 0500 171.5K ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 03:29 dis-slit -73( 299) -131 62 15.5 15.7 16.4 15.1 15.2 clear 1.18 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 42 42 10 232 (SW) 426 cloudy none 17:00 44 44 9 275 (W) 491 mstly cldy none 18:00 44 44 11 218 (SW) 450 cloudy lt rain 19:00 42 42 10 186 (S) 456 cloudy none 20:00 43 43 15 120 (ESE) 447 cloudy lt rain 21:00 44 44 12 88 (E) 769 cloudy lt rain 22:00 45 45 7 177 (S) 540 cloudy none 23:00 45 45 11 133 (SE) 475 cloudy none 00:00 45 45 14 147 (SSE) 453 cloudy lt rain 01:00 45 45 6 251 (WSW) 409 cloudy none 02:00 43 43 10 183 (S) 436 mstly cldy none 03:00 43 43 9 184 (S) 451 mstly cldy none 04:00 43 43 14 182 (S) 564 mstly cldy none 05:00 44 44 11 203 (SSW) 506 ptly cldy none 06:00 45 45 13 179 (S) 545 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: 1.7.4