Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2010 06:11:47 -0600 (MDT) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20100913 From: jwhueh@apo.nmsu.edu Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Monday, September 13, 2010 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- J.Prieto J.Prieto DIS/TSPEC --:-- --:-- J.Coughlin J.Coughlin DIS --:-- --:-- J.Gauthier J.Gauthier DIS 04:15 06:00 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- PU07/R 19:20 01:05 2.2 3.6 0 0 0 0 0 0 NM03/R 01:05 02:05 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UC01/R 02:05 06:38 2.7 0 0 0 1.8 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Huehnerhoff High humidity with intermittent rain much of the night. Opened when radar returns where retreating and humidity was stable. Did complete inventory of filters and updated filter database. Spicam 2000 188K 0600 183.5K ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 04:20 dis-slit 242( 487) 11 49 10.6 12.7 15.1 11.8 11.8 clear 1.37 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 65 48 5 278 (W) 1114 cloudy none 17:00 51 50 19 145 (SE) 1207 cloudy humid 18:00 51 50 16 145 (SE) 945 cloudy humid 19:00 51 47 21 123 (ESE) 715 cloudy rain 20:00 51 48 9 86 (E) 658 cloudy rain 21:00 57 44 7 118 (ESE) 401 cloudy none 22:00 55 45 5 210 (SSW) 416 cloudy humid 23:00 58 42 3 260 (W) 518 cloudy none 00:00 56 43 2 300 (WNW) 482 cloudy none 01:00 51 47 5 187 (S) 679 cloudy none 02:00 53 45 1 229 (SW) 610 cloudy none 03:00 53 46 3 259 (W) 580 ptly cldy none 04:00 53 46 6 322 (NW) 471 mstly clr none 05:00 54 45 7 302 (WNW) 557 mstly clr none 06:00 54 44 3 341 (NNW) 836 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