Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2011 06:42:07 -0600 (MDT) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20110329 From: jwhueh@apo.nmsu.edu Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Tuesday, March 29, 2011 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- C.Wu C.Wu DIS 19:35 06:10 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- NM02/O 19:30 06:46 0 0 0 0 9.1 2.2 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Huehnerhoff Light to moderate clouds throughout the night. Radar returns threatened to move into the local vicinity but dissipated as they passed nearby at 0400MT. Agile collimation data taken during morning twilight. Collimation looks good based on this data. Standard slitmask put back in DIS, mask files updated. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:49 dis-slit 182( -78) 86 31 6.0 10.1 7.5 8.6 9.9 -- 1.95 02:53 dis-slit 249( -316) -75 45 3.9 4.3 4.4 4.0 4.0 -- 1.45 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 48 5 19 357 (N) 2066 clear none 17:00 49 6 7 336 (NNW) 1754 clear none 18:00 52 8 6 286 (WNW) 1680 clear none 19:00 49 6 5 258 (WSW) 1580 clear none 20:00 44 9 8 192 (SSW) 1611 mstly clr none 21:00 40 19 7 193 (SSW) 1703 mstly clr none 22:00 44 13 17 195 (SSW) 2211 mstly clr none 23:00 45 15 16 234 (SW) 1968 ptly cldy none 00:00 45 17 18 233 (SW) 1991 ptly cldy none 01:00 43 18 18 219 (SW) 1969 ptly cldy none 02:00 41 19 14 239 (WSW) 1879 mstly clr none 03:00 39 20 15 244 (WSW) 1885 mstly cldy none 04:00 37 22 11 248 (WSW) 1911 mstly clr none 05:00 39 15 10 338 (NNW) 2020 mstly clr none 06:00 38 14 11 289 (WNW) 2021 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