Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2010 05:20:04 -0600 (MDT) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20100710 From: jwhueh@apo.nmsu.edu Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, July 10, 2010 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- S.Hawley L.Anderson, L.Beerman, A.Shields, DIS 20:40 23:35 A.Misra, Y.Choi, P.Carroll, Y.AlSayyad, J.Davenport, C. Miller B.Fleming K. France, B. Fleming DIS --:-- --:-- INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- UW01/0 20:23 01:05 1.8 0 0 0 2.9 0 0 0 JH04/R 01:05 05:55 4.7 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J. Huehnerhoff Rain during afternoon, clearing towards evening. Opened in a gap, sky remained clear around the site. Closed due to humidity. High Humidity and rain the rest of the night. Spicam 1730 172.4K 0.04 0500 170.4K 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:50 dis-slit 327( 766) 214 33 14.7 16.2 15.1 15.8 15.4 clear 1.56 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 59 57 9 71 (ENE) 642 cloudy lt rain 17:00 58 55 9 148 (SSE) 580 ptly cldy none 18:00 59 55 12 131 (SE) 230 ptly cldy none 19:00 60 55 10 107 (ESE) 203 mstly clr none 20:00 59 52 16 126 (SE) 169 mstly clr none 21:00 59 51 10 166 (SSE) 341 clear none 22:00 58 51 6 179 (S) 212 clear none 23:00 58 53 8 188 (S) 180 mstly clr humid 00:00 55 54 11 179 (S) 476 mstly clr none 01:00 56 55 9 173 (S) 462 mstly clr none 02:00 56 56 11 191 (S) 60186 ptly cldy none 03:00 56 56 9 188 (S) 13141 ptly cldy none 04:00 56 56 9 194 (SSW) 20758 cloudy none 05:00 56 56 7 226 (SW) 43240 mstly 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