From: Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20100829 Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 11:43:48 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Sunday August 29, 2010 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- B.Balick K.Kwitter DIS --:-- --:-- T.Thuan Y.Izotov TSPEC --:-- --:-- PROG SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ------------------------------------------------------------------ UW12/R 19:40 01:05 2.2 3.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 UV06/R 01:05 06:28 0 5.4 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: R.McMillan SPIcam temp 186.7K @ 18:30 SPIcam temp 181.9K @ 05:30 APOLLO was not ready to go tonight after some work on the detector, so the scheduled time was ceded to UV06. Unfortunately, thunderstorms and high humidity made the night unusable. I had the telescope tracking for a while with DIS mounted to watch for a possible repeat of Thursday night's rotator troubles, but everything worked well. ------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 16:00 71 49 17 212 (SSW) 457 ptly cldy none 17:00 68 47 11 265 (W) 506 ptly cldy none 18:00 64 47 8 257 (WSW) 558 cloudy none 19:00 55 50 14 114 (ESE) 971 cloudy rain 20:00 54 50 11 119 (ESE) 588 cloudy lt rain 21:00 57 50 6 261 (W) 740 cloudy rain 22:00 52 51 16 118 (ESE) 728 cloudy lt rain 23:00 52 51 27 132 (SE) 374 cloudy lt rain 00:00 51 50 21 195 (SSW) 172 cloudy lt rain 01:00 51 50 18 128 (SE) 105 cloudy none 02:00 51 49 6 161 (SSE) 142 cloudy none 03:00 51 49 14 178 (S) 129 mstly cldy none 04:00 52 48 8 179 (S) 130 mstly cldy none 05:00 51 48 9 209 (SSW) 250 mstly cldy 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: 2.13.0 Current TUI version: 1.8.1