From: Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20110311 Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2011 13:40:27 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, March 11, 2011 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- J.Prieto J.Prieto DIS 18:45 00:00 D.Bowen D.Bowen SPICAM 00:15 06:00 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- PU01/R 18:17 00:10 0 0 0 0 0.0 5.9 0 0 PU04/R 00:10 06:09 0 0 0 0 5.4 0.5 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: R.McMillan A peaceful night with good to excellent seeing, photometric at the start but with clouds moving in later. Telescope and instruments behaved perfectly. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:55 dis-slit 360( 91) 17 58 9.1 10.7 9.5 9.6 9.7 - 1.05 01:20 SPIcam 58 0.73 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 57 13 15 236 (SW) 2384 clear none 17:00 56 12 15 232 (SW) 2863 clear none 18:00 50 7 12 261 (W) 2472 clear none 19:00 49 8 12 237 (WSW) 2369 clear none 20:00 48 6 13 262 (W) 2285 clear none 21:00 47 5 16 266 (W) 1916 clear none 22:00 48 4 17 256 (WSW) 1795 mstly clr none 23:00 47 4 9 294 (WNW) 1831 mstly clr none 00:00 47 3 14 267 (W) 1749 mstly clr none 01:00 47 4 15 269 (W) 1796 mstly clr none 02:00 47 5 20 279 (W) 1740 mstly clr none 03:00 45 4 15 286 (WNW) 1797 ptly cldy none 04:00 46 6 20 295 (WNW) 1796 ptly cldy none 05:00 45 6 19 284 (WNW) 1768 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: 1.8.6