Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2011 03:06:37 -0700 (MST) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20110131 From: "Jack Dembicky" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Monday, January 31, 2011 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- A.Verbiscer A.Verbiscer, K.Orr SPIcam --:-- --:-- D.Syphers B.Keeney DIS --:-- --:-- INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- UV01/R 17:43 00:10 6.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 CU10/R 00:10 06:50 5.7 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky Clouds all night with light snow to start the evening. Sticking to the ground by 20:00. We had about 1/2 inch of fresh powder at 02:30, with humidity and fog. ------- 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 25 18 19 265 (W) 2869 cloudy lt snow 17:00 25 18 22 222 (SW) 1635 cloudy lt snow 18:00 24 18 10 254 (WSW) 1186 cloudy none 19:00 22 17 14 275 (W) 4027 cloudy lt snow 20:00 20 19 9 262 (W) 952 cloudy humid 21:00 20 19 9 280 (W) 599 mstly cldy humid 22:00 20 19 11 270 (W) 5995 cloudy lt snow 23:00 19 18 11 289 (WNW) 2197 cloudy humid 00:00 20 18 11 269 (W) 3179 cloudy lt snow 01:00 21 18 6 290 (WNW) 4753 cloudy lt snow 02:00 21 18 5 302 (WNW) 7274 cloudy lt snow 03:00 21 17 8 272 (W) 1212 cloudy lt snow 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