Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2010 06:36:59 -0600 (MDT) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20100930 From: jwhueh@apo.nmsu.edu Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday, September 29, 2010 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- A.McKay,C.Miller A.McKay,C.Miller DIS/ECHELLE 19:10 06:20 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- NM01/R 18:59 06:48 0 0 0 0 3.9 7.9 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Huehnerhoff Photometric night with poor seeing for the first hour and good seeing until twilight. Internal swap of NM03 and NM01. Tonight both NA2 and NA1 pointing was way off. The tertiary status showed it was clamped. The multiple switches between NA1 and NA2 over the last couple of days could have contributed. Spicam 1730 173.1K 0630 167.3K ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:27 dis-slit 279( 933) -11 38 16.6 20.8 18.5 19.4 20.4 -- 1.79 21:34 ECHELLE -161( -251) 146 53 17.4 17.3 17.4 16.5 17.2 ND1 1.42 22:51 ECHELLE -67( -172) 296 82 17.1 17.3 17.3 16.7 16.8 clear 0.96 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 73 45 7 204 (SSW) 667 clear none 17:00 69 39 7 223 (SW) 394 clear none 18:00 66 38 7 197 (SSW) 787 clear none 19:00 63 36 9 139 (SE) 545 clear none 20:00 62 36 12 148 (SSE) 755 clear none 21:00 62 37 9 111 (ESE) 634 clear none 22:00 65 33 6 82 (E) 595 clear none 23:00 63 37 7 92 (E) 633 clear none 00:00 64 35 4 76 (ENE) 567 clear none 01:00 62 36 11 83 (E) 545 clear none 02:00 61 35 13 82 (E) 539 clear none 03:00 61 36 16 77 (ENE) 586 clear none 04:00 60 35 16 79 (E) 592 clear none 05:00 59 36 10 91 (E) 611 clear none 06:00 55 38 17 73 (ENE) 607 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