Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2011 07:19:53 -0700 (MST) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20110125 From: jwhueh@apo.nmsu.edu Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Tuesday, January 25, 2011 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- J.Prieto J.Prieto DIS 17:40 23:02 W.Ketzeback J.Huehnerhoff TSPEC 23:15 00:07 A.Evans G.Privon TSPEC 00:07 06:30 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- PU01/R 17:38 23:10 0 0 0 0 5.5 0.0 0 0 NM05/O 23:10 00:10 0 0 0 0 1.0 0.0 0 0 UV07/R 00:10 06:53 0 0 0 0 0.2 6.5 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Huehnerhoff Clear skies at start of night turning into light cloud structure the remainder of the night. Similar guider problems as previous night, added to PR1227. Agile collimation data taken at first instrument change. Collimation looks good based in this data. ECHELLE MANUAL FILL: 17:57 23:55 05:57 ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:12 dis-slit 560( -185) 13 60 -0.7 1.0 -0.8 -0.0 0.3 -- 1.18 23:21 TSPEC 76( -520) 238 57 -1.6 -2.1 -1.7 -2.6 -2.1 -- 0.95 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 29 12 1 213 (SSW) 332 clear none 17:00 33 -11 0 309 (NW) 162 clear none 18:00 33 -11 7 355 (N) 132 clear none 19:00 33 -11 1 278 (W) 103 clear none 20:00 32 -12 12 319 (NW) 124 mstly clr none 21:00 30 -14 8 276 (W) 109 mstly clr none 22:00 28 -14 9 266 (W) 136 mstly clr none 23:00 29 -14 9 331 (NNW) 138 mstly clr none 00:00 29 1 9 348 (NNW) 296 mstly clr none 01:00 29 -6 13 30 (NNE) 334 mstly clr none 02:00 28 4 12 35 (NE) 347 mstly clr none 03:00 29 -4 12 19 (NNE) 283 mstly clr none 04:00 28 -14 4 24 (NNE) 189 clear none 05:00 26 -5 2 151 (SSE) 284 mstly clr none 06:00 26 -5 4 197 (SSW) 254 mstly clr 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