Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2010 07:10:10 -0600 (MDT) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20100928 From: jwhueh@apo.nmsu.edu Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Tuesday, September 28, 2010 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- J.Wisniewski J.Wisniewski ECHELLE 19:05 01:05 S.Schmidt S.Schmidt TSPEC 01:05 05:40 W.Ketzeback J.Huehnerhoff ECHELLE/TSPEC 05:41 06:45 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- UW10/R 19:00 01:05 0 0 0 0 3.0 3.1 0 0 UW09/R 01:05 05:48 0 0 0 0 0 4.7 0 0 UW13/O 05:48 06:48 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Huehnerhoff Photometric night with good seeing. No problems other than the PR below. PR1181 submitted about echelle quartz lamp, problem resolved in morning. Spicam 1700 171.4K 0700 167.0K ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:14 ECHELLE -234( -207) -21 60 14.7 19.6 16.9 18.4 19.1 ND2 1.35 21:14 TSPEC 65( 805) 8 46 15.1 16.7 16.0 15.4 15.7 -- 1.22 02:31 ECHELLE -196( -461) 40 50 13.9 13.7 13.9 12.8 13.5 ND2 0.98 06:10 TSPEC 216( 801) 216 76 15.0 14.0 14.7 13.9 14.5 -- 0.90 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 67 42 10 262 (W) 480 clear none 17:00 63 37 3 264 (W) 493 clear none 18:00 64 40 5 264 (W) 537 clear none 19:00 59 38 5 14 (NNE) 650 clear none 20:00 62 34 11 27 (NNE) 608 clear none 21:00 59 36 2 215 (SW) 578 clear none 22:00 59 37 2 201 (SSW) 567 clear none 23:00 59 36 2 246 (WSW) 550 clear none 00:00 60 35 2 249 (WSW) 516 clear none 01:00 56 37 2 242 (WSW) 651 clear none 02:00 58 36 6 301 (WNW) 636 clear none 03:00 57 37 5 266 (W) 615 clear none 04:00 58 34 8 351 (N) 642 clear none 05:00 58 32 4 3 (N) 523 clear none 06:00 57 32 7 355 (N) 479 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