Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2011 05:08:01 -0700 (MST) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20110119 From: "Jack Dembicky" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday, January 19, 2011 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- W.Bhatti W.Bhatti SPICAM --:-- --:-- T.Murphy R.McMillan APOLLO --:-- --:-- J.Wisniewski J.Wisniewski Echelle --:-- --:-- INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- JH02/R 17:32 00:10 0 6.6 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 DD02/R 00:10 01:10 0 1.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 UW08/R 01:10 06:56 0 5.8 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky Clouds kept us closed all night. A few light snowflakes around 3AM but nothing stuck. We gave up at 04:55. SPIcam heater turned back on Low. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 45 21 25 252 (WSW) 1143 ptly cldy none 17:00 42 22 26 262 (W) 1005 mstly cldy none 18:00 40 22 21 246 (WSW) 1154 mstly cldy none 19:00 38 24 23 259 (W) 799 mstly cldy none 20:00 37 24 20 281 (W) 801 cloudy none 21:00 37 25 14 288 (WNW) 672 cloudy none 22:00 37 25 18 283 (WNW) 601 cloudy none 23:00 36 25 13 279 (W) 592 cloudy none 00:00 35 24 14 297 (WNW) 527 cloudy none 01:00 34 23 15 315 (NW) 600 cloudy none 02:00 33 23 8 4 (N) 607 cloudy none 03:00 33 18 8 333 (NNW) 596 cloudy lt snow 04:00 31 18 16 355 (N) 507 cloudy 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: 2.14.0 Current TUI version: 1.8.5