Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2010 05:50:32 -0600 (MDT) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20100626 From: jwhueh@apo.nmsu.edu Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, June 26, 2010 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- J. Wisniewski J. Wisniewski Echelle 22:15 00:00 T. Murphy R. McMillan, M. Michelsen APOLLO 00:03 01:09 C. Miller C. Miller DIS 01:11 03:08 A. Brown A. Brown DIS 03:08 05:00 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- DD06/R 20:24 00:10 0.2 1.7 0 0 0 1.8 0 0 UW16/R 00:10 01:10 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 NM03/R 01:10 03:10 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 CU03/R 03:10 05:48 0 0 0 0 0 2.6 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J. Huehnerhoff Delayed opening due to clouds forming over site. After 22:00MT the clouds started to clear and remained clear the rest of the night. Excellent seeing for much of the night. Spicam 1930 174.8K 0.04 0530 170.2K 0.02 ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 22:24 ECHELLE -276( -532) -63 58 16.6 17.1 17.2 16.6 16.7 ND2 0.71 23:26 ECHELLE -145( -431) 123 55 15.5 16.4 16.3 15.3 15.8 ND2 0.74 00:04 APOLLO 25( 1222) 64 48 15.2 15.9 15.7 14.8 15.2 clear 1.20 01:17 dis-slit 107( 493) -4 39 15.5 15.4 15.7 14.6 15.2 clear 1.17 03:14 dis-slit 155( 462) -126 73 14.7 14.4 14.7 13.7 14.2 clear 0.89 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 42 42 11 279 (W) 423 cloudy none 17:00 41 41 6 273 (W) 385 cloudy none 18:00 39 39 5 273 (W) 544 cloudy lt rain 19:00 44 44 6 1 (N) 1389 mstly cldy none 20:00 42 42 10 14 (NNE) 776 mstly cldy none 21:00 41 41 9 56 (NE) 657 mstly cldy none 22:00 38 38 7 261 (W) 458 ptly cldy none 23:00 38 38 3 203 (SSW) 459 mstly clr none 00:00 38 38 6 235 (SW) 484 mstly clr none 01:00 39 39 8 222 (SW) 535 mstly clr none 02:00 40 40 6 205 (SSW) 722 clear none 03:00 40 40 5 186 (S) 667 clear none 04:00 43 43 11 188 (S) 883 clear none 05:00 42 42 6 195 (SSW) 1149 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: 1.7.4