Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2010 11:59:23 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20100712 From: "Gabrelle Saurage" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Monday, July 12, 2010 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- J.Frieman H.Lin,S.Allam DIS 20:25 01:00 C.Churchill J.Evans,E.Klimek SPICAM 01:11 05:45 N.Nielsen INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- UC03/R 20:22 01:05 0 0 0 0 4.0 0.8 0 0 NM05/R 01:05 05:56 0 0 0 0 4.8 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: G.Saurage Partly cloudy skies all night, moderate seeing. No problems. The top door to the new filter cabinet is not secure. The glue holding the hinge to the cabinet has come off. I have put the door back on, but it is not really attached. SPICAM temps: 19:00 176.3 06:00 171.8 ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 21:04 dis-slit 221( 798) -81 56 17.4 19.8 18.4 18.4 18.4 1.02 01:23 SPICAM 142( 855) 34 38 17.3 16.9 17.5 16.0 17.2 u' 1.46 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 68 56 4 263 (W) 250 ptly cldy none 17:00 69 57 9 349 (N) 225 ptly cldy none 18:00 70 54 6 338 (NNW) 215 ptly cldy none 19:00 67 53 7 308 (NW) 268 ptly cldy none 20:00 65 51 2 312 (NW) 240 ptly cldy none 21:00 63 50 6 299 (WNW) 647 ptly cldy none 22:00 64 50 7 265 (W) 264 ptly cldy none 23:00 63 50 7 228 (SW) 276 ptly cldy none 00:00 64 48 7 222 (SW) 617 ptly cldy none 01:00 64 47 4 202 (SSW) 673 ptly cldy none 02:00 64 47 6 282 (WNW) 604 ptly cldy none 03:00 63 46 5 337 (NNW) 697 ptly cldy none 04:00 61 46 5 356 (N) 660 ptly cldy none 05:00 62 46 6 352 (N) 640 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