Date: Sat, 18 Sep 2010 11:08:40 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20100917 From: "Gabrelle Saurage" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, September 17, 2010 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- D.York D.York DIS 21:30 00:55 W.Bhatti W.Bhatti DIS --:-- --:-- W.Ketzeback G.Saurage Echelle --:-- --:-- INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- UC05/R 19:15 01:05 0 4.3 0 0 0 1.5 0 0 JH02/R 01:05 05:40 4.0 0.6 0 0 0 0 0 0 DD02/R 05:04 06:40 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: G.Saurage Waiting out high humidity most of the night, only managed to get in a few on-sky hours. SPIcam Temps: 18:00 188.3 05:00 184.3 ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 21:44 dis-slit 269( 590) 261 43 12.8 14.2 13.5 13.3 13.7 1.44 23:52 dis-slit 100( 367) 215 34 13.2 12.8 12.9 12.5 12.7 1.80 ------------- Weather LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 54 54 5 211 (SSW) 8862 cloudy lt rain 17:00 56 53 2 196 (SSW) 345 cloudy humid 18:00 58 52 1 228 (SW) 296 cloudy humid 19:00 55 52 2 204 (SSW) 305 mstly clr humid 20:00 54 50 7 45 (NE) 375 mstly clr humid 21:00 54 49 3 97 (E) 359 clear none 22:00 55 46 4 36 (NE) 265 clear none 23:00 55 44 11 64 (ENE) 273 clear none 00:00 56 43 1 324 (NW) 309 clear none 01:00 54 49 1 318 (NW) 333 clear humid 02:00 53 48 1 342 (NNW) 294 clear humid 03:00 51 48 2 325 (NW) 278 clear humid 04:00 51 48 3 334 (NNW) 328 clear humid 05:00 52 48 3 327 (NNW) 332 clear 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