From: Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20100915 Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2010 12:13:03 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday, September 15, 2010 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- J.Frieman H.Lin,S.Allam, DIS 20:20 01:02 M.Wiesner J.Coughlin N.Ule DIS 01:04 02:08 J.Gauthier J.Gauthier DIS 02:10 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ------------------------------------------------------------------ UC03/R 19:18 01:05 0 2.0 0 0 0.4 3.4 0 0 NM03/R 01:05 02:05 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 UC01/R 02:05 06:39 0 0 0 0 5.6 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: R.McMillan Late afternoon rain was more slow to clear away tonight, so we couldn't open until about an hour after sunset. Clouds passing through effectively cost another hour of time, although we didn't have to close the dome. When we were observing, seeing was moderate to good. The telescope and instrument behaved well. Spicam 1830 189.7 0600 ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:27 dis-slit 196( 676) 45 47 16.2 17.5 16.7 16.8 16.6 1.22 02:15 dis-slit 22( 412) -128 30 15.3 15.1 14.9 14.4 14.6 1.45 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 64 49 7 61 (ENE) 560 cloudy rain 17:00 62 48 6 81 (E) 592 cloudy lt rain 18:00 63 49 5 92 (E) 734 ptly cldy none 19:00 63 45 1 121 (ESE) 655 ptly cldy none 20:00 62 45 3 131 (SE) 673 ptly cldy none 21:00 62 45 1 211 (SSW) 598 ptly cldy none 22:00 62 40 5 323 (NW) 595 ptly cldy none 23:00 62 42 1 240 (WSW) 623 ptly cldy none 00:00 62 44 8 185 (S) 588 mstly cldy none 01:00 60 46 6 184 (S) 672 ptly cldy none 02:00 60 48 8 183 (S) 606 mstly clr none 03:00 59 49 4 148 (SSE) 684 clear none 04:00 58 49 6 115 (ESE) 718 clear none 05:00 59 49 0 320 (NW) 684 clear none 06:00 60 46 1 310 (NW) 676 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