Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2010 05:53:46 -0600 (MDT) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20100607 From: "Jack Dembicky" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Monday June 07, 2010 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- M.Gladders M.Bayliss DIS --:-- --:-- J.Hughes J.Hughes SPIcam 03:30 05:41 PROG SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ------------------------------------------------------------------ UC01/R 20:18 01:10 4.9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UW11/R 01:10 05:46 1.6 0.7 0 0 0 2.3 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky Spicam temp at start of night 179.0K Spicam temp at 02:50 MDT 173.8k Spicam temp at end of night 171.7k Clouds and rain during the 1st half. SKy started to clear around 02:15 and I opened around 02:30 just to have another wave of clouds roll in shortly thereafter. We finally got on the sky at 03:30. ------------- 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 03:27 SPICAM -258( 369) -21 56 13.8 15.7 16.0 14.6 14.6 R 1.86 03:32 NA2gdr 968(30968) -23 55 13.5 15.6 15.8 14.5 14.5 R 1.88 05:07 SPICAM 21( 573) 13 69 14.6 14.3 14.8 13.8 14.2 I 0.77 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------- 16:00 45 45 8 262 (W) 621 mstly cldy none 17:00 43 43 7 273 (W) 623 mstly cldy none 18:00 45 45 11 246 (WSW) 628 cloudy none 19:00 44 44 3 242 (WSW) 625 cloudy rain 20:00 49 49 16 323 (NW) 2647 cloudy rain 21:00 46 46 26 71 (ENE) 1042 cloudy lt rain 22:00 44 44 27 74 (ENE) 311 cloudy lt rain 23:00 39 39 14 73 (ENE) 348 cloudy none 00:00 35 35 16 51 (NE) 415 cloudy none 01:00 39 39 5 272 (W) 340 cloudy none 02:00 37 37 6 202 (SSW) 351 ptly cldy none 03:00 44 44 11 162 (SSE) 554 ptly cldy none 04:00 44 44 3 118 (ESE) 693 ptly cldy none 05:00 44 44 11 188 (S) 899 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: 1.7.2