Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2010 05:32:49 -0600 (MDT) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20100608 From: "Jack Dembicky" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Tuesday June 08, 2010 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- J.Helsby J.Helsby DIS 19:40 22:30 23:00 01:02 J.Friemann D.Tucker, S.Allam DIS 01:07 05:30 PROG SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ------------------------------------------------------------------ UC04/R 20:19 01:10 0.5 0 0 0 4.4 0 0 0 UC08/R 01:10 05:46 0 0 0 0 2.2 2.4 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky Spicam temp at start of night 173.5K No problems tonight ------------- 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:42 dis-slit 282( 854) -122 63 20.4 19.8 19.8 19.1 19.8 -- 1.00 01:09 dis-slit 86( 611) -39 50 18.3 18.6 18.7 17.8 18.2 -- 1.20 01:11 NA2gdr -48(21951) -40 50 18.2 18.5 18.7 17.8 18.1 clear 0.85 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:00 37 37 8 41 (NE) 639 mstly cldy none 19:00 39 39 1 284 (WNW) 721 ptly cldy none 20:00 35 35 1 290 (WNW) 981 ptly cldy none 21:00 36 36 5 248 (WSW) 1479 ptly cldy none 22:00 36 36 5 202 (SSW) 1250 ptly cldy none 23:00 37 37 11 210 (SSW) 1217 ptly cldy none 00:00 36 36 11 180 (S) 833 ptly cldy none 01:00 37 37 11 179 (S) 919 ptly cldy none 02:00 39 39 13 168 (SSE) 1268 ptly cldy none 03:00 26 26 8 186 (S) 1060 ptly cldy none 04:00 25 25 8 231 (SW) 895 ptly cldy none 05:00 25 25 4 256 (WSW) 850 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: 1.7.3