Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2011 06:07:01 -0700 (MST) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20110305 From: jwhueh@apo.nmsu.edu Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, March 05, 2011 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- X.Liu X.Liu DIS 17:55 05:45 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- PU07/R 18:12 06:17 0 0 0 0 11.1 0.9 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Huehnerhoff Non-Photometric night with light clouds till 0100MT. Seeing varied as fronts passed over, but overall good 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:24 dis-slit 112( -545) 189 80 -0.8 3.0 0.3 1.2 0.9 -- 1.89 01:58 dis-slit 62( -736) -1 67 0.3 0.0 0.3 -0.6 -0.1 -- 1.34 03:32 dis-slit 114( -712) 69 53 -1.0 -0.8 -0.7 -1.2 -1.0 -- 1.11 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 38 12 6 198 (SSW) 629 clear none 17:00 37 10 8 226 (SW) 597 clear none 18:00 31 8 9 214 (SW) 548 clear none 19:00 29 8 6 163 (SSE) 576 clear none 20:00 29 6 7 116 (ESE) 582 clear none 21:00 31 -1 3 113 (ESE) 518 clear none 22:00 32 -10 7 143 (SE) 390 mstly clr none 23:00 34 -8 7 184 (S) 390 mstly clr none 00:00 34 -8 10 183 (S) 340 mstly clr none 01:00 32 -3 3 185 (S) 599 clear none 02:00 31 7 2 249 (WSW) 687 clear none 03:00 30 13 6 261 (W) 1102 clear none 04:00 29 14 6 197 (SSW) 835 clear none 05:00 29 14 4 257 (WSW) 829 clear none 06:00 29 15 1 228 (SW) 993 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