Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2010 12:04:31 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20100903 From: "Gabrelle Saurage" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, September 3, 2010 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- A.Kowalski A.Kowalski DIS 19:35 05:50 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- UW03/R 19:34 06:31 0 0 0 0 6.6 4.4 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: G.Saurage, N.Ule Clear skies but humid. Poor seeing improved over the corse of the night. When turning on the IntEx fans got the following error a few times: 01:36:50 APO.gabrelle 43 telmech f errtxt="invalid literal for int(): FAN.ON" Eventually the command went through and fans did turn on. SPIcam Temps: 18:00 190.2 06:00 183.7 ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:01 dis-slit 122( 558) 103 39 11.8 16.4 14.1 14.5 15.6 1.80 01:57 dis-slit 101( 265) 221 74 11.5 11.6 11.6 10.8 11.1 1.38 ------------- Weather LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 62 48 5 3 (N) 2270 clear none 17:00 66 50 6 187 (S) 1208 clear none 18:00 59 49 1 215 (SW) 1039 clear none 19:00 57 49 1 238 (WSW) 895 clear none 20:00 53 49 2 193 (SSW) 987 clear none 21:00 55 46 6 109 (ESE) 1071 clear none 22:00 57 47 3 92 (E) 933 clear none 23:00 55 45 2 157 (SSE) 1068 clear none 00:00 54 44 6 204 (SSW) 897 clear none 01:00 53 42 5 188 (S) 627 clear none 02:00 53 42 5 188 (S) 620 clear none 03:00 52 40 5 172 (S) 484 clear none 04:00 51 42 6 142 (SE) 540 clear none 05:00 55 44 2 239 (WSW) 886 clear none 06:00 52 41 1 227 (SW) 437 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