From: Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20100723 Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2010 10:40:05 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, July 23, 2010 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- S.Kent B.Yanny DIS --:-- --:-- J.Coughlin J.Coughlin DIS --:-- --:-- B.Balick B.Balick DIS --:-- --:-- INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ------------------------------------------------------------------ UC04/R 20:17 00:05 0 3.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 NM03/R 00:05 01:05 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UW12/R 01:05 06:03 1.1 3.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: R.McMillan, N.Ule A stormy night. At one point during first half it was partly clear for nearly an hour, but there was rain too near to consider opening, and soon it clouded over again. We had some brief heavy rain during second half. During various observer-training tests everything worked well. SPIcam 1830 173.1K 0600 169.5K ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 70 54 5 219 (SW) 366 cloudy none 17:00 74 53 21 210 (SSW) 252 cloudy none 18:00 57 54 11 143 (SE) 594 cloudy humid 19:00 55 52 18 125 (SE) 396 cloudy none 20:00 55 50 3 118 (ESE) 427 mstly cldy none 21:00 56 48 6 123 (ESE) 372 ptly cldy none 22:00 58 48 9 182 (S) 460 mstly cldy none 23:00 58 47 12 183 (S) 408 cloudy none 00:00 56 48 12 162 (SSE) 290 cloudy none 01:00 55 49 13 194 (SSW) 361 cloudy none 02:00 54 52 9 198 (SSW) 654 cloudy lt rain 03:00 54 53 10 185 (S) 5080 cloudy rain 04:00 53 52 7 204 (SSW) 730 cloudy humid 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