Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 06:52:52 -0700 (MST) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20110126 From: jwhueh@apo.nmsu.edu Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday, January 26, 2011 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- A.Verbiscer A.Verbiscer SPICAM 17:24 00:04 L.Winter L.Winter DIS 00:11 06:00 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- UV01/R 17:39 00:10 0 0 0 0 6.5 0.0 0 0 CU06/R 00:10 06:53 0 0 0 0 1.3 5.4 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Huehnerhoff Clear skies with good seeing in the middle of the night. DIS slitviewer shutter sticking in cold weather. Monitored ECHELLE autofill during the night, autofill behaving normally. Added to PR1227, gcam spontaneously stopping. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:22 SPICAM 107( -610) -5 63 -5.5 -3.5 -4.4 -4.7 -4.9 MSSSO I 1.81 00:19 dis-slit 175( -898) 122 65 -5.1 -5.6 -5.1 -5.4 -5.4 -- 2.50 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 34 6 3 218 (SW) 338 clear none 17:00 26 9 6 61 (ENE) 314 clear none 18:00 23 11 7 82 (E) 296 clear none 19:00 21 13 14 80 (E) 330 clear none 20:00 21 13 14 83 (E) 373 clear none 21:00 20 14 14 70 (ENE) 333 clear none 22:00 23 8 15 53 (NE) 276 clear none 23:00 25 7 8 6 (N) 358 clear none 00:00 23 6 22 62 (ENE) 138 clear none 01:00 23 8 19 72 (ENE) 176 clear none 02:00 24 8 16 80 (E) 153 clear none 03:00 24 8 14 79 (E) 218 clear none 04:00 23 7 11 55 (NE) 254 clear none 05:00 21 6 1 73 (ENE) 419 clear none 06:00 22 6 15 38 (NE) 426 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