Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 07:00:08 -0700 (MST) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20110124 From: jwhueh@apo.nmsu.edu Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Monday, January 24, 2011 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- S.Majewski S.Majewski, A.Perez DIS/ECHELLE --:-- --:-- J.Coughlin J.Coughlin SPICAM 23:55 06:55 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- UV02/R 17:37 00:10 5.6 0.9 0 0 0 0 0 0 NM01/R 00:10 06:54 0 0 0 0 0 6.7 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Huehnerhoff Snow flurries and high humidity until just before second half. Started second half early due to lack of remaining time for first half science. Clear the remainder of the night. The NA2 guider spontaneously stopped several times while guiding, as has been seen on previous nights. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 23:53 SPICAM 100( -773) 97 43 -10.0 -7.1 -5.5 -8.4 -9.2 MSSSO V 2.50 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 27 1 7 354 (N) 361 ptly cldy none 17:00 28 2 1 217 (SW) 433 mstly clr none 18:00 21 11 14 67 (ENE) 630 mstly clr humid 19:00 19 15 24 71 (ENE) 1085 mstly clr humid 20:00 17 15 14 75 (ENE) 563 mstly clr humid 21:00 17 15 25 79 (E) 430 mstly clr humid 22:00 16 15 24 74 (ENE) 296 mstly clr humid 23:00 15 13 23 62 (ENE) 232 mstly clr humid 00:00 14 9 22 65 (ENE) 200 clear none 01:00 15 6 15 56 (NE) 158 clear none 02:00 17 5 13 37 (NE) 234 clear none 03:00 19 5 15 35 (NE) 291 clear none 04:00 19 6 11 358 (N) 310 clear none 05:00 19 7 8 47 (NE) 382 clear none 06:00 19 6 13 26 (NNE) 389 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