Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2010 12:34:08 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20100905 From: "Gabrelle Saurage" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Sunday, September 5, 2010 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- H.Weaver H.Weaver,Y.Fernandez SPICAM 19:40 00:59 C.Lisse J.Coughlin D.Apai SPICAM 01:07 06:20 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- JH03/R 19:31 01:05 0 0 0 0 5.6 0 0 0 NM02/R 01:05 06:33 0 0 0 0 3.4 2.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: G.Saurage Photometric night, good seeing. PR1171 - continued failure turning on and off louvers and fans. ***Second half observer have extended calibrations to continue into the morning. Please check in with them before lights are turned on in the dome during the day. SPIcam Temps: 17:00 193.1 06:00 185.0 ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:32 SPICAM 169( 921) 6 57 16.1 18.3 17.1 16.9 16.7 R 0.88 ------------- Weather LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 66 41 9 269 (W) 594 clear none 17:00 71 41 15 212 (SSW) 502 clear none 18:00 68 36 13 251 (WSW) 438 clear none 19:00 64 32 12 225 (SW) 433 clear none 20:00 62 34 9 233 (SW) 532 clear none 21:00 61 37 13 194 (SSW) 727 clear none 22:00 60 34 12 188 (S) 719 clear none 23:00 59 36 13 194 (SSW) 703 clear none 00:00 58 39 15 204 (SSW) 686 clear none 01:00 58 39 18 198 (SSW) 633 clear none 02:00 56 38 15 197 (SSW) 554 clear none 03:00 56 40 12 198 (SSW) 489 clear none 04:00 57 42 10 184 (S) 534 clear none 05:00 57 38 14 210 (SSW) 619 clear none 06:00 56 39 9 194 (SSW) 558 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