Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2010 05:28:34 -0600 (MDT) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20100717 From: jwhueh@apo.nmsu.edu Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, July 17, 2010 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- K. Covey K. Covey TSPEC 20:20 21:11 T. Yan T. Yan TSPEC 21:11 00:50 J. Prieto J. Prieto DIS 01:02 03:18 03:40 05:26 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- DD08/R 20:20 21:20 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.0 0 0 CU06/R 21:20 01:05 0 0 0 0 1.0 2.7 0 0 PU07/R 01:05 05:59 0.4 0 0 0 4.5 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J. Huehnerhoff Clear skies first half with minor clouds for most of second half. Closed briefly due to fast moving clouds forming overhead. After reopening skies cleared with good seeing the rest of the night. Spicam 1730 175.0K 0.05 0500 170.3K ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:33 TSPEC 355( 1318) 127 26 17.5 20.5 18.7 19.6 20.5 clear 1.06 01:05 dis-slit 83( 467) 242 41 15.5 15.4 15.5 14.6 15.1 clear 1.38 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 68 49 10 216 (SW) 2517 ptly cldy none 17:00 69 47 4 223 (SW) 1690 mstly clr none 18:00 71 49 7 256 (WSW) 1681 mstly clr none 19:00 69 46 6 264 (W) 1672 clear none 20:00 64 47 3 239 (WSW) 1810 clear none 21:00 63 44 11 136 (SE) 1911 clear none 22:00 62 41 15 145 (SE) 1581 clear none 23:00 62 40 11 154 (SSE) 716 clear none 00:00 60 47 15 136 (SE) 1912 clear none 01:00 60 47 15 148 (SSE) 731 mstly clr none 02:00 59 44 9 174 (S) 732 mstly clr none 03:00 60 42 9 193 (SSW) 315 ptly cldy none 04:00 61 45 8 202 (SSW) 604 clear none 05:00 60 43 12 185 (S) 722 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: 1.8.0