Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 04:20:27 -0600 (MDT) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20100827 From: "Jack Dembicky" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday August 27, 2010 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- M.Kreik M.Kreik TSPEC --:-- --:-- T.Murphy T.Murphy APOLLO --:-- --:-- J.Greene J.Greene TSPEC --:-- --:-- PROG SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ------------------------------------------------------------------ PU03/R 19:43 00:05 1.1 3.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 DD01/O 00:05 01:05 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 PU05/R 01:05 06:26 0 5.4 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky SPIcam temp 181.5K @ 18:40 SPIcam temp 178.6K @ 04:15 DIS blue ion pump had 7 LEDs lit above tape at 19:10. DIS blue ion pump LEDs back down below tape at 20:40. My observer gave up around 04:10 tonight due to clouds an humidity (and 5 minutes before the rain sensor went off). DIS blue ion LEDs below tape at 04:15 ------------- FAILURE LOG -------------- PROG INST FAILURE MODE TIME (STEDFNVOG) 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:00 66 31 7 245 (WSW) 378 ptly cldy none 19:00 62 39 10 218 (SW) 555 mstly cldy none 20:00 58 41 8 182 (S) 657 cloudy none 21:00 58 41 12 174 (S) 771 cloudy none 22:00 58 40 12 181 (S) 730 mstly cldy none 23:00 58 38 17 196 (SSW) 738 mstly cldy none 00:00 53 47 20 153 (SSE) 964 cloudy humid 01:00 53 50 20 136 (SE) 1250 mstly cldy humid 02:00 53 50 20 167 (SSE) 1099 cloudy humid 03:00 53 50 18 179 (S) 1004 cloudy humid 04:00 54 50 13 199 (SSW) 1086 cloudy lt rain 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: 2.13.0 Current TUI version: 1.8.1