Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2010 06:42:11 -0600 (MDT) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20100911 From: jwhueh@apo.nmsu.edu Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, September 11, 2010 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- B.Woodgate B.Woodgate,C.Grady GFP,DIS 19:15 05:33 W.Ketzeback J.Huehnerhoff ECHELLE 05:35 06:30 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- DD04/O 19:23 05:37 0 0 0 0 8.3 1.9 0 0 DD02/O 05:37 06:37 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Huehnerhoff Variable seeing with moderate clouds first half. Clouds cleared up second half with good, stable seeing the last couple hours. Spicam 1730 187.9K 0630 182.1K ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:18 GFP 150( 845) -12 34 13.1 16.3 14.7 15.0 14.5 SuII 1.21 21:43 dis-slit 93( 358) 50 50 12.2 13.2 13.0 12.5 12.3 clear 1.81 04:46 GFP 250( 694) 18 54 12.7 11.9 12.6 11.4 12.2 SuII 0.73 05:43 ECHELLE -218( -577) 139 74 12.1 12.1 12.5 11.7 12.0 ND3 0.96 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 68 30 4 221 (SW) 626 mstly clr none 17:00 63 25 2 247 (WSW) 722 mstly clr none 18:00 64 25 7 301 (WNW) 1056 mstly clr none 19:00 59 27 2 251 (WSW) 744 mstly clr none 20:00 58 25 5 77 (ENE) 777 mstly clr none 21:00 54 38 15 79 (E) 951 mstly clr none 22:00 54 38 14 79 (E) 1027 mstly clr none 23:00 53 37 16 75 (ENE) 1036 mstly clr none 00:00 54 34 13 76 (ENE) 946 clear none 01:00 53 36 15 73 (ENE) 970 clear none 02:00 53 36 14 78 (ENE) 1039 clear none 03:00 54 35 11 88 (E) 983 clear none 04:00 54 31 10 109 (ESE) 856 clear none 05:00 55 30 13 114 (ESE) 859 clear none 06:00 54 24 15 125 (SE) 748 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: 2.13.0 Current TUI version: 1.8.1