Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2011 06:27:18 -0700 (MST) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20110224 From: jwhueh@apo.nmsu.edu Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Thursday, February 24, 2011 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- W.Ketzeback J.Huehnerhoff TSPEC 17:45 18:00 G.Gyuk G.Gyuk, M.Hammergren, TSPEC 18:02 23:58 M.Solontoi S.Gezari M.Huber DIS/SPICAM 00:04 06:00 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- NM05/R 18:05 19:05 0 0 0 0 1.0 0.0 0 0 UC04/R 19:05 00:10 0 0 0 0 5.1 0.0 0 0 JH03/R 00:10 06:28 0 0 0 0 1.2 5.1 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Huehnerhoff Photometric night with decent seeing. No problems to report. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 01:03 TSPEC 469( 13) 150 77 -0.9 1.0 -0.1 0.5 0.3 -- 1.16 02:20 TSPEC 119( -428) 311 67 -1.7 -1.0 -1.3 -1.6 -1.7 -- 0.88 07:11 dis-slit 169( -768) 167 80 -1.8 -2.7 -2.0 -3.1 -2.4 -- 1.02 12:02 SPICAM 117( -452) 312 34 -0.4 -1.2 -0.8 -1.1 -0.8 SDSS r' 1.56 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 35 10 18 278 (W) 687 clear none 17:00 33 11 17 270 (W) 763 clear none 18:00 31 11 17 260 (W) 814 clear none 19:00 29 14 9 258 (WSW) 1043 clear none 20:00 28 14 14 262 (W) 1127 clear none 21:00 27 14 8 263 (W) 1031 clear none 22:00 27 14 6 267 (W) 998 clear none 23:00 28 13 12 292 (WNW) 748 clear none 00:00 29 11 11 306 (NW) 624 clear none 01:00 29 7 16 294 (WNW) 645 clear none 02:00 29 3 17 303 (WNW) 768 clear none 03:00 30 4 19 316 (NW) 819 clear none 04:00 30 5 17 312 (NW) 832 clear none 05:00 31 3 17 300 (WNW) 813 clear none 06:00 33 3 21 289 (WNW) 811 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: 1.8.6