Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2010 06:32:52 -0600 (MDT) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20100906 From: "Jack Dembicky" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Monday September 06, 2010 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- A.Mukadam A.Mukadam Agile 18:40 06:20 PROG SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ------------------------------------------------------------------ UW05/R 19:30 06:33 0 0 0 0 10.2 0.8 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky SPIcam temp 179.2K @ 18:00 SPIcam temp 176.6K @ 06:30 Agile would not take darks at the start of the night, exposure arrived too early error. Followed wiki instructions to fix. No other problems. ------------- 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:01 AGILE 100(-1289) 122 25 16.6 20.4 18.0 18.5 19.9 BG40 2.00 20:42 AGILE -100(-1553) 119 32 17.3 19.4 18.0 17.6 18.2 BG40 1.40 21:28 AGILE -50(-1585) 116 41 16.5 18.0 17.2 16.8 16.9 BG40 1.40 22:12 AGILE 50(-1550) 114 50 16.0 17.0 16.6 16.0 16.2 BG40 1.20 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------- 17:00 67 33 4 311 (NW) 455 ptly cldy none 18:00 69 38 10 263 (W) 471 ptly cldy none 19:00 66 38 2 226 (SW) 522 mstly clr none 20:00 62 38 3 218 (SW) 485 mstly clr none 21:00 63 36 12 155 (SSE) 544 clear none 22:00 61 39 16 133 (SE) 553 clear none 23:00 61 41 15 152 (SSE) 571 clear none 00:00 59 42 16 156 (SSE) 588 mstly clr none 01:00 58 41 18 152 (SSE) 627 ptly cldy none 02:00 59 40 14 172 (S) 544 ptly cldy none 03:00 59 40 14 175 (S) 623 mstly clr none 04:00 59 39 10 181 (S) 633 ptly cldy none 05:00 59 37 8 182 (S) 562 ptly cldy none 06:00 59 40 6 183 (S) 581 ptly cldy 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