Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2010 05:50:06 -0600 (MDT) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20100912 From: jwhueh@apo.nmsu.edu Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Sunday, September 12, 2010 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- T.Marriage M.Hilton DIS 19:10 00:58 B.Woodgate B.Woodgate,C.Grady GFP/DIS 01:00 02:07 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- PU04/R 19:22 01:05 0 0 0 0 3.0 2.7 0 0 DD04/O 01:05 06:37 4.4 0 0 0 1.1 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Huehnerhoff Mostly clear first half with decent seeing after twilight. Closed during second half do to clouds, and nearby approaching radar. High humidity after 0200MT the remainder of the night. Spicam 1530 188.4K 0530 184.3K ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:47 dis-slit 76( 674) 72 30 16.2 19.4 17.1 17.8 17.7 clear 1.50 00:59 dis-slit 173( 451) -36 53 13.9 13.6 13.9 13.3 13.6 clear 1.14 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 70 38 10 262 (W) 769 mstly clr none 17:00 64 38 2 249 (WSW) 876 mstly clr none 18:00 67 40 11 220 (SW) 901 clear none 19:00 64 40 6 227 (SW) 965 clear none 20:00 61 36 0 29 (NNE) 837 clear none 21:00 59 39 9 119 (ESE) 969 clear none 22:00 59 39 15 128 (SE) 941 mstly clr none 23:00 57 46 17 127 (SE) 1428 clear none 00:00 57 46 15 132 (SE) 1432 mstly clr none 01:00 57 45 16 134 (SE) 1329 mstly clr none 02:00 57 47 13 131 (SE) 1432 cloudy humid 03:00 56 49 7 209 (SSW) 1985 mstly cldy humid 04:00 54 53 14 167 (SSE) 2783 mstly cldy humid 05:00 54 53 10 144 (SE) 3206 mstly cldy 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