Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Thursday September 24, 2010 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- P. Kundurthy P. Kundurthy AGILE 19:06 22:20 T. Murphy T. Murphy APOLLO 23:50 01:59 A. Perez R. Beaton ARCES 01:59 06:45 PROG SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ------------------------------------------------------------------ UW02/R 19:06 00:59 0 2.9 0 0 0 1.5 0 1.5 DD01/O 01:11 01:59 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 0 0 UV01/R 02:11 06:45 0 0 0 0 0 4.6 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: N. Ule SPIcam temp 190.1K @ 16:00 SPIcam temp 162.2K @ 07:00 Night started with high humidity, but we we're able to get on sky. First program was able to acquire darks and biases. Observing program only lasted for half an hour before humidity rose above acceptable levels. Second observers got started a little early, weather was fine for the rest of the night. ------------- FAILURE LOG -------------- PROG INST FAILURE MODE TIME (STEDFNVOG) TI/SHU START FINISH DESCRIPTION ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------- FOCUS LOG --------------- Time Instrument Focus Az El Temp Strc Prim Sec Air filt FWHM ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:50 AGILE 450 200 40 12.5 13.0 15.2 15.9 15.3 r 3.98 23:50 APOLLO 200 45 66 12.3 12.2 12.7 11.3 12.0 - 1.70 02:50 ARCES -92 -107 78 13.0 12.1 12.5 12.4 12.3 - 0.68 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------- 16:00 59 51 1 262 (W) 636 clear none 17:00 63 51 6 302 (WNW) 702 clear none 18:00 60 49 3 300 (WNW) 585 clear none 19:00 57 47 3 342 (NNW) 570 clear none 20:00 54 51 10 66 (ENE) 982 clear none 21:00 52 50 14 63 (ENE) 1043 clear humid 22:00 52 50 13 77 (ENE) 1023 clear humid 23:00 52 48 9 78 (ENE) 1029 clear humid 00:00 53 46 7 86 (E) 757 clear none 01:00 54 43 5 93 (E) 766 clear none 02:00 56 40 5 87 (E) 617 clear none 03:00 55 39 11 58 (ENE) 546 clear none 04:00 54 38 7 42 (NE) 471 clear none 05:00 50 46 10 39 (NE) 526 clear none 06:00 51 44 12 26 (NNE) 691 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: 1.8.2b2