Date: Sun, 4 Jul 2010 06:05:00 -0600 (MDT) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20100703 From: jwhueh@apo.nmsu.edu Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, July 03, 2010 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- X. Liu X. Liu DIS --:-- --:-- P. Kundurthy P. Kundurthy Agile 01:44 05:55 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- PU02/R 20:24 01:05 3.8 0.9 0 0 0 0 0 0 UW02/R 01:05 05:51 0 0.6 0 0 0 4.2 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J. Huehnerhoff Rains and high humidity much of the first half; clearing during second half. Moderately high humidity the remainder of the night with good seeing. Spicam 1630 174.9K 0.04 0600 169.6K 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 01:53 AGILE 100(-1526) 28 61 14.8 16.7 16.3 15.7 15.8 SDSS r' 1.02 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 68 55 12 238 (WSW) 170 mstly cldy none 17:00 68 52 10 266 (W) 219 cloudy none 18:00 61 52 15 331 (NNW) 1349 cloudy rain 19:00 60 51 7 349 (N) 398 cloudy lt rain 20:00 62 48 4 51 (NE) 400 cloudy rain 21:00 57 55 12 79 (E) 799 cloudy lt rain 22:00 61 48 8 29 (NNE) 608 ptly cldy none 23:00 63 48 5 337 (NNW) 348 mstly cldy none 00:00 62 48 5 269 (W) 388 mstly clr none 01:00 60 48 2 216 (SW) 295 mstly clr none 02:00 58 49 4 214 (SW) 404 mstly clr none 03:00 59 48 8 251 (WSW) 334 clear none 04:00 56 50 6 247 (WSW) 373 clear none 05:00 57 48 8 334 (NNW) 530 clear none 06:00 57 49 3 335 (NNW) 670 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: 1.7.4