From: Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20100916 Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2010 12:14:23 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Thursday, September 16, 2010 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- T.Murphy R.McMillan,T.Murphy APOLLO --:-- --:-- D.York D.York NICFPS 11:35 01:00 M.Sun M.Sun DIS 01:13 05:20 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ------------------------------------------------------------------ DD01/O 19:16 20:16 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UC06/R 20:16 01:05 0 3.3 0 0 0 1.5 0 0 UV04/R 01:05 06:40 1.2 0 0 0 3.7 0.6 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: R.McMillan We had rain shortly before sunset, with clouds and high winds and high humidity for much of first half. When we did open, seeing was initially poor and then settled somewhat by changeover. The observers had to struggle with some clouds, but it wasn't quite bad enough to stop taking data entirely. We closed with rising humidity around the start of morning twilight. No problems with the telescope or instruments. Spicam 1830 187.5 0600 183.9 ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 23:40 NICFPS -168 J 1.7 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 56 50 20 85 (E) 1003 cloudy rain 17:00 53 46 22 83 (E) 585 cloudy rain 18:00 51 46 14 70 (ENE) 652 cloudy none 19:00 52 45 18 88 (E) 504 cloudy none 20:00 50 47 27 74 (ENE) 537 mstly cldy none 21:00 49 45 28 73 (ENE) 209 mstly cldy none 22:00 49 42 25 74 (ENE) 189 mstly cldy none 23:00 54 39 18 76 (ENE) 87 ptly cldy none 00:00 54 39 20 75 (ENE) 162 ptly cldy none 01:00 55 38 19 75 (ENE) 189 ptly cldy none 02:00 57 37 1 255 (WSW) 185 ptly cldy none 03:00 54 38 1 164 (SSE) 244 mstly clr none 04:00 52 41 11 126 (SE) 153 mstly clr none 05:00 50 45 13 124 (SE) 181 mstly clr humid 06:00 50 46 7 155 (SSE) 295 mstly clr 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