Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2010 12:39:12 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20100918 From: "Gabrelle Saurage" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, September 18, 2010 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- J.Greene J.Greene TSPEC 19:19 21:00 A.Verbiscer A.Verbiscer TSPEC 03:05 06:30 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- PU05/R 19:14 01:05 0 4.0 0 0 0 1.9 0 0 UV03/R 01:05 06:41 0 2.0 0 0 3.1 0.5 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: G.Saurage High humidity closed us for the middle of the night. Clear skies, decent seeing second half. SPIcam Temps: 17:00 190.3 06:30 184.9 ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:42 TSPEC 341( 1064) 282 50 12.9 16.4 14.0 14.5 14.2 3.37 03:17 TSPEC 90( 579) -49 44 10.4 11.5 11.5 10.6 10.7 1.37 ------------- Weather LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 62 52 7 247 (WSW) 573 clear none 17:00 64 50 3 196 (SSW) 550 clear none 18:00 64 43 1 217 (SW) 378 clear none 19:00 58 46 7 59 (ENE) 479 clear none 20:00 55 49 11 93 (E) 645 clear none 21:00 53 50 14 84 (E) 710 clear humid 22:00 51 50 17 82 (E) 508 clear humid 23:00 51 48 21 78 (ENE) 446 clear humid 00:00 52 48 16 84 (E) 372 clear humid 01:00 52 49 13 83 (E) 330 clear humid 02:00 51 47 15 82 (E) 282 clear humid 03:00 51 46 10 91 (E) 269 clear none 04:00 51 45 10 112 (ESE) 244 clear none 05:00 55 41 17 125 (SE) 148 clear none 06:00 54 42 12 138 (SE) 155 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