Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2010 06:07:29 -0600 (MDT) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20100704 From: jwhueh@apo.nmsu.edu Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Sunday, July 04, 2010 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- L. Winter L. Winter DIS 20:12 12:56 J. Hughes J. Hughes SPICAM 01:02 05:55 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- CU04/R 20:24 01:05 0 0 0 0 4.3 0.4 0 0 DD07/R 01:05 05:52 0 0 0 0 0 4.8 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J. Huehnerhoff Clear night with moderate seeing. Poor seeing towards end of night. Around 2130MT the IntEx fans shut off. Resetting the breaker in the arcade turned them back on. No further problems the rest of the night. Spicam 1700 175.7 0.05 0600 170.5 ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:47 dis-slit 253( 837) 253 75 18.0 20.1 18.7 18.7 18.9 clear 0.91 22:20 dis-slit 90( 572) 223 51 17.2 17.7 17.2 16.2 16.7 clear 1.65 01:11 SPICAM 65( 688) 236 67 16.2 15.8 16.2 14.9 15.7 Strom Y 0.93 01:12 NA2gdr -574(29425) 236 67 16.2 15.8 16.2 14.9 15.7 clear 0.88 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 74 32 12 247 (WSW) 576 clear none 17:00 72 33 13 224 (SW) 699 clear none 18:00 73 32 10 256 (WSW) 904 clear none 19:00 69 27 8 258 (WSW) 1084 clear none 20:00 66 27 10 267 (W) 1397 clear none 21:00 64 25 6 262 (W) 1498 clear none 22:00 62 25 14 213 (SSW) 1360 clear none 23:00 62 23 8 271 (W) 1091 clear none 00:00 61 25 5 261 (W) 1246 clear none 01:00 61 25 7 292 (WNW) 1295 clear none 02:00 59 25 6 324 (NW) 1276 clear none 03:00 58 25 6 319 (NW) 1273 clear none 04:00 57 27 5 6 (N) 1273 clear none 05:00 58 28 16 21 (NNE) 1470 clear none 06:00 58 30 12 354 (N) 1920 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