Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2011 06:48:30 -0600 (MDT) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20110324 From: jwhueh@apo.nmsu.edu Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Thursday, March 24, 2011 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- C.Churchill J.Evans, E.Klimek SPIcam 19:20 01:02 G.Gyuk G.Gyuk, M.Hammergren, TSPEC 01:09 06:30 M.Solontoi INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- NM04/R 19:26 01:10 0 0 0 0 5.7 0.0 0 0 UC04/R 01:10 06:52 0 0 0 0 0.0 5.7 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Huehnerhoff Light clouds at start of the night, mostly clearing by twilight. Seeing settled down after the first several hours. 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:09 SPICAM 22( -170) 54 52 5.0 7.0 6.2 5.7 5.8 SDSS r' 1.73 01:17 TSPEC 150( -93) -48 51 5.3 5.0 5.3 4.8 5.0 -- 0.85 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 49 7 26 251 (WSW) 3728 clear none 17:00 48 6 25 265 (W) 3330 clear none 18:00 47 7 23 244 (WSW) 2634 clear none 19:00 45 7 27 228 (SW) 2804 clear none 20:00 41 8 22 218 (SW) 2297 clear none 21:00 42 5 20 245 (WSW) 2527 clear none 22:00 42 4 14 268 (W) 2248 clear none 23:00 43 6 14 268 (W) 2033 clear none 00:00 42 6 14 283 (WNW) 2092 clear none 01:00 42 8 14 291 (WNW) 2160 clear none 02:00 41 9 18 288 (WNW) 2354 clear none 03:00 41 8 17 266 (W) 2348 clear none 04:00 41 8 20 262 (W) 2324 clear none 05:00 40 9 14 264 (W) 2302 clear none 06:00 39 9 12 264 (W) 2434 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