Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 06:24:41 -0600 (MDT) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20100908 From: "Jack Dembicky" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday September 08, 2010 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- A.McKay C.Miller DIS --:-- --:-- A.McKay A.McKay Echelle --:-- --:-- B.Ketzeback J.Dembicky Echelle --:-- --:-- PROG SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ------------------------------------------------------------------ NM01/R 19:27 05:35 10.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DD02/O 05:35 06:35 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky SPIcam temp 184.4K @ 18:30 SPIcam temp 179.9K @ 06:15 Clouds and then humidity kept us closed all night long. ------------- 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------- 17:00 64 47 15 210 (SSW) 632 mstly cldy none 18:00 63 48 11 210 (SSW) 621 mstly cldy none 19:00 59 47 13 196 (SSW) 649 ptly cldy none 20:00 58 47 9 215 (SW) 674 cloudy none 21:00 58 47 8 184 (S) 1429 cloudy none 22:00 53 51 19 182 (S) 1562 cloudy humid 23:00 55 49 13 177 (S) 944 cloudy humid 00:00 56 46 16 193 (SSW) 784 cloudy none 01:00 54 47 12 207 (SSW) 453 mstly cldy none 02:00 53 48 10 182 (S) 421 ptly cldy humid 03:00 52 49 8 185 (S) 496 cloudy humid 04:00 52 49 13 214 (SW) 431 mstly cldy humid 05:00 52 49 9 222 (SW) 609 cloudy humid 06:00 53 50 8 262 (W) 613 cloudy humid 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