Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2011 06:26:30 -0700 (MST) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20110308 From: jwhueh@apo.nmsu.edu Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Tuesday, March 08, 2011 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- T.Murphy R.McMillan APOLLO 17:50 19:10 S.Schmidt S.Schmidt DIS 19:15 00:02 C.Churchill J.Evans, E.Klimek SPICAM 00:13 06:15 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- UW13/O 18:14 19:14 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.0 0 0 UW05/R 19:14 00:10 0 0 0 0 2.3 2.7 0 0 NM04/R 00:10 06:13 0 0 0 0 6.1 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Huehnerhoff Clear night with poor and slightly variable seeing. No problems with telescope or instruments. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:09 APOLLO 400( 562) 92 57 0.8 3.1 1.7 2.2 1.8 -- 1.80 20:17 dis-slit 152( -587) 208 66 0.4 1.1 0.9 0.6 0.6 -- 1.55 01:23 SPICAM -43( -616) -24 61 -0.7 -0.6 -0.4 -1.0 -0.8 SDSS g' 2.90 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 36 12 11 297 (WNW) 1707 clear none 17:00 36 13 8 288 (WNW) 1749 clear none 18:00 34 11 15 310 (NW) 1405 clear none 19:00 34 9 6 318 (NW) 1012 clear none 20:00 33 9 7 315 (NW) 999 clear none 21:00 32 9 15 19 (NNE) 695 clear none 22:00 31 7 9 39 (NE) 426 clear none 23:00 33 8 13 352 (N) 617 clear none 00:00 32 2 14 359 (N) 338 clear none 01:00 31 3 15 16 (NNE) 338 clear none 02:00 33 -4 10 32 (NNE) 514 clear none 03:00 35 -9 28 31 (NNE) 1627 clear none 04:00 33 -9 14 18 (NNE) 1786 clear none 05:00 33 -4 29 25 (NNE) 1479 clear none 06:00 34 -8 20 6 (N) 1894 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