Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 05:41:54 -0600 (MDT) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20100828 From: "Jack Dembicky" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday August 28, 2010 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- A.Evans D.Kim, A.Wong TSPEC --:-- --:-- M.McElwain M.McElwain, C.Blake TSPEC --:-- --:-- B.Ketzeback J.Dembicky TSPEC --:-- --:-- PROG SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ------------------------------------------------------------------ UV07/R 19:41 01:05 1.6 3.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 PU01/R 01:05 05:28 0 4.4 0 0 0 0 0 0 UW13/O 05:28 06:28 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky SPIcam temp 183.7K @ 18:40 SPIcam temp 180.2K @ 05:40 Clouds first half of the night, humidity second. I gave up at 05:40 as the humidity didn't show any signs of dropping. ------------- 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 63 51 18 216 (SW) 373 ptly cldy none 19:00 59 50 13 221 (SW) 284 ptly cldy none 20:00 57 49 15 207 (SSW) 330 mstly cldy none 21:00 57 50 15 236 (SW) 317 mstly cldy none 22:00 57 50 10 268 (W) 356 cloudy lt rain 23:00 56 50 13 213 (SSW) 341 cloudy none 00:00 54 51 10 189 (S) 715 cloudy humid 01:00 54 51 12 205 (SSW) 617 ptly cldy humid 02:00 53 51 9 206 (SSW) 627 ptly cldy humid 03:00 53 50 9 218 (SW) 621 mstly clr humid 04:00 53 50 6 199 (SSW) 824 mstly clr humid 05:00 53 50 10 232 (SW) 821 mstly clr 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: 2.13.0 Current TUI version: 1.8.1