Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2010 07:02:33 -0600 (MDT) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20100901 From: jwhueh@apo.nmsu.edu Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday, September 01, 2010 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- L.Winter L.Winter DIS 19:20 00:50 C.Churchill E.Klimek, J.Evans SPICAM 01:00 06:30 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- CU04/R 19:36 01:05 0 0 0 0 4.5 1.0 0 0 NM05/R 01:05 06:30 0 0 0 0 0 5.4 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Huehnerhoff Cloud free first half with very stable seeing. Light clouds towards morning twilight. No problems during the night. Spicam 1600 189.6K 0700 185.7K ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:02 dis-slit 104( 650) 114 60 17.0 19.2 17.6 17.6 17.6 clear 1.03 00:58 SPICAM 4( 644) 337 42 16.2 15.6 16.1 15.0 15.6 SDSS i' 0.88 00:59 NA2gdr -777(29222) 337 42 15.9 15.6 16.1 15.0 15.6 clear 1.10 03:01 SPICAM 54( 603) 29 76 14.0 14.3 14.4 13.7 13.9 SDSS r' 1.25 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 67 35 8 271 (W) 259 clear none 17:00 68 36 10 292 (WNW) 197 clear none 18:00 67 39 13 278 (W) 272 clear none 19:00 64 41 11 319 (NW) 283 clear none 20:00 63 39 7 296 (WNW) 280 clear none 21:00 62 40 4 342 (NNW) 342 clear none 22:00 62 42 7 358 (N) 386 clear none 23:00 63 41 2 285 (WNW) 397 clear none 00:00 60 43 6 186 (S) 338 clear none 01:00 60 45 5 206 (SSW) 401 clear none 02:00 58 47 1 189 (S) 465 clear none 03:00 57 47 1 176 (S) 462 mstly clr none 04:00 58 47 1 190 (S) 489 mstly clr none 05:00 60 45 1 217 (SW) 406 mstly clr none 06:00 61 41 1 289 (WNW) 341 mstly clr 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