Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2011 06:37:59 -0700 (MST) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20110309 From: jwhueh@apo.nmsu.edu Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday, March 09, 2011 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- C.Froning C.Froning DIS 19:05 23:55 D.Bowen D.Bowen SPICAM 00:05 06:15 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- CU02/R 18:15 00:10 0 0 0 0 1.3 4.6 0 0 PU05/R 00:10 06:12 0 0 0 0 6.0 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Huehnerhoff Clear night with good seeing the entire night. At 0822UTC and 0845UTC internet connection was lost. Could not connect to sites outside of NMSU. Continued observations for observer till it came back after a short while. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:14 dis-slit 225( -220) -2 66 4.7 7.2 5.2 6.4 7.1 -- 1.20 01:04 SPICAM -17( -373) -169 43 3.9 3.4 3.8 2.5 3.3 SDSS g' 0.88 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 43 7 13 21 (NNE) 1098 clear none 17:00 44 6 6 59 (ENE) 1372 clear none 18:00 40 6 4 51 (NE) 1111 clear none 19:00 41 2 8 23 (NNE) 1608 mstly clr none 20:00 41 3 11 23 (NNE) 1644 clear none 21:00 39 3 4 351 (N) 1575 mstly clr none 22:00 39 3 9 3 (N) 1609 clear none 23:00 40 4 8 345 (NNW) 1333 clear none 00:00 39 4 4 302 (WNW) 1405 clear none 01:00 39 3 7 283 (WNW) 1434 clear none 02:00 39 4 8 310 (NW) 1302 clear none 03:00 39 5 6 273 (W) 1171 clear none 04:00 39 3 5 271 (W) 1150 clear none 05:00 39 2 7 263 (W) 1374 clear none 06:00 39 2 13 295 (WNW) 1391 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