Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2011 06:32:25 -0700 (MST) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 201102120 From: "Jack Dembicky" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Sunday, February 20, 2011 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- D.York D.York ECHELLE --:-- --:-- T.Murphy R.McMillan APOLLO --:-- --:-- S.Schmidt S.Schmidt TSPEC 01:22 05:22 T.Murphy R.McMillan APOLLO 05:23 06:20 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- UC02/R 18:01 00:10 2.9 3.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 DD02/R 00:10 01:10 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UW09/R 01:10 05:32 0 0 0 0 0.0 4.4 0 0 DD02/O 05:32 06:32 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky Wind, clouds and dust first half tonight. Better conditions after midnight. Poor seeing after about 03:30 with APOLLO reporting seeing around 3 arc sec during their run. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 08:37 TSPEC -337( -873) 112 82 -2.1 -0.7 -0.3 -1.7 -1.9 Ks 1.20 12:32 APOLLO 100( 3) -40 37 -2.6 -2.7 -2.4 -2.8 -2.8 -- 3.00 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 42 15 26 237 (WSW) 2557 cloudy none 17:00 43 17 32 259 (W) 8581 cloudy dust 18:00 39 16 35 251 (WSW) 7501 cloudy dust 19:00 37 14 31 247 (WSW) 7522 cloudy dust 20:00 35 13 19 243 (WSW) 4733 cloudy dust 21:00 33 15 18 268 (W) 10239 cloudy dust 22:00 32 15 21 266 (W) 1453 cloudy dust 23:00 29 15 11 318 (NW) 6857 cloudy dust 00:00 29 13 23 281 (W) 1688 mstly cldy none 01:00 28 11 18 280 (W) 1321 ptly cldy none 02:00 28 9 13 255 (WSW) 888 mstly clr none 03:00 29 7 10 262 (W) 871 mstly clr none 04:00 27 8 16 291 (WNW) 698 clear none 05:00 27 6 15 308 (NW) 540 ptly cldy none 06:00 27 5 24 308 (NW) 467 ptly cldy 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