Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2011 07:04:54 -0700 (MST) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20110102 From: jwhueh@apo.nmsu.edu Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Sunday, January 02, 2011 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- W.Bhatti W.Bhatti DIS 17:00 00:05 J.Gauthier J.Gauthier DIS 00:05 06:20 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- JH02/R 17:18 00:10 0 0 0 0 6.9 0.0 0 0 UC01/R 00:10 06:57 0 0 0 0 6.8 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Huehnerhoff Clear night with seeing better than the focus log indicates (much of the night was 1.25"). No cold weather problems like the previous night. Condensation found on the spicam CCD, see PR1219. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17:39 dis-slit 253( -475) 134 37 -0.9 0.8 -0.9 -0.8 -0.6 -- 1.55 00:06 dis-slit 156( -742) 44 57 -1.9 -2.2 -1.8 -2.6 -2.2 -- 1.75 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 34 -6 6 253 (WSW) 46 clear none 17:00 30 -5 5 260 (W) 18 clear none 18:00 30 0 15 235 (SW) 61 clear none 19:00 30 -7 19 238 (WSW) 62 clear none 20:00 31 -12 15 243 (WSW) 40 clear none 21:00 30 -14 11 217 (SW) 31 clear none 22:00 29 -14 13 214 (SW) 34 clear none 23:00 28 -10 12 244 (WSW) 115 clear none 00:00 29 -10 9 221 (SW) 92 clear none 01:00 30 0 9 264 (W) 83 clear none 02:00 30 3 16 256 (WSW) 69 clear none 03:00 30 1 12 265 (W) 75 clear none 04:00 30 0 6 262 (W) 72 clear none 05:00 30 0 14 270 (W) 76 clear none 06:00 29 0 12 270 (W) 107 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: 2.14.0 Current TUI version: 1.8.5