Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2011 07:11:53 -0700 (MST) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20110210 From: jwhueh@apo.nmsu.edu Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Thursday, February 10, 2011 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- W.Ketzeback J.Huehnerhoff ECHELLE 17:40 18:42 E.Levesque E.Levesque ECHELLE 18:42 00:00 J.Green J.Green DIS 00:05 06:30 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- NM05/O 17:53 18:53 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.0 0 0 CU03/O 18:53 00:10 0 0 0 0 0.0 5.3 0 0 CU08/O 00:10 06:42 0 0 0 0 5.7 0.8 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Huehnerhoff Clear night with decent seeing. No problems to report. New tcam mask made, darkening seen in PR1234 no longer seen. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17:53 ECHELLE 638(-1206) 125 66 -2.1 -1.9 -2.7 -1.7 -1.6 ND3 1.30 18:53 ECHELLE 269(-1538) 255 34 -1.9 -2.0 -2.0 -2.6 -2.0 ND1 1.11 20:38 ECHELLE 75(-1772) 295 40 -2.2 -2.6 -2.7 -3.9 -2.9 ND3 1.17 00:09 dis-slit 225( -677) 126 43 -0.7 -2.6 -1.6 -3.0 -1.8 -- 1.50 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 22 4 9 325 (NW) 732 clear none 17:00 17 9 9 318 (NW) 973 clear none 18:00 19 -11 10 346 (NNW) 235 clear none 19:00 19 -9 13 359 (N) 98 clear none 20:00 19 -8 14 14 (NNE) 247 clear none 21:00 16 -5 14 4 (N) 246 clear none 22:00 19 -3 4 295 (WNW) 149 clear none 23:00 15 -2 4 359 (N) 254 cloudy none 00:00 16 -1 1 143 (SE) 249 cloudy none 01:00 16 -3 6 129 (SE) 248 cloudy none 02:00 17 -1 1 215 (SW) 233 cloudy none 03:00 17 -2 5 195 (SSW) 297 clear none 04:00 18 -1 9 228 (SW) 311 clear none 05:00 18 -1 11 242 (WSW) 287 clear none 06:00 18 8 8 270 (W) 1970 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