Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 05:49:07 -0600 (MDT) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20100719 From: jwhueh@apo.nmsu.edu Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Monday, July 19, 2010 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- A. Kowalski A. Brown Echelle 20:15 00:52 J. Coughlin J. Coughlin DIS 00:54 02:05 J. Gauthier J. Gauthier DIS 02:06 05:20 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- UW11/R 20:19 01:05 0 0 0 0 0 4.8 0 0 NM03/R 01:05 02:05 0 0 0 0 0.7 0.3 0 0 UC01/R 02:05 06:00 0 0 0 0 4.6 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J. Huehnerhoff Clear skies the entire night with moderate seeing. No troubles to report. Spicam 1730 174.3K 0500 170.8K ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:28 ECHELLE 142( 112) 121 48 17.8 21.3 19.7 20.3 20.9 clear 1.26 00:57 dis-slit 138( 644) 214 79 20.1 18.6 19.4 18.2 18.8 clear 1.34 02:14 dis-slit 88( 571) 23 46 17.3 17.6 17.6 16.7 17.0 clear 1.40 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 70 52 6 187 (S) 1840 mstly clr none 17:00 76 51 8 251 (WSW) 1933 mstly clr none 18:00 73 50 1 256 (WSW) 1044 ptly cldy none 19:00 70 51 5 87 (E) 973 mstly clr none 20:00 66 51 13 80 (E) 1072 clear none 21:00 63 52 12 79 (E) 3008 clear none 22:00 62 50 14 122 (ESE) 601 clear none 23:00 64 49 9 89 (E) 499 clear none 00:00 67 46 7 54 (NE) 374 clear none 01:00 68 48 5 352 (N) 339 clear none 02:00 63 45 10 185 (S) 385 clear none 03:00 62 45 10 185 (S) 397 clear none 04:00 60 43 8 159 (SSE) 3457 clear none 05:00 63 44 4 224 (SW) 3337 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