Date: Tue, 3 May 2011 06:19:11 -0600 (MDT) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20110502 From: jwhueh@apo.nmsu.edu Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Monday, May 02, 2011 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- W.Ketzeback J.Huehnerhoff ECHELLE 19:30 20:52 J.Davenport S.Schmidt DIS 20:55 01:09 M.Huber M.Huber DIS 01:11 05:35 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- NM07/O 19:54 20:54 0 0 0 0 1.0 0.0 0 0 UW12/R 20:54 01:10 0 0 0 0 4.3 0.0 0 0 JH05/R 01:10 06:06 0 0 0 0 4.9 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Huehnerhoff Clear, photometric skies the entire night. Poor seeing much of the night with periods of moderate seeing. No telescope or instrument problems. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:00 ECHELLE 200(-1294) 237 36 1.3 4.5 2.8 3.0 2.7 ND3 1.61 20:59 dis-slit 95( -613) 40 75 -0.7 1.9 0.8 0.6 0.3 -- 1.31 23:16 dis-slit 195( -669) -66 66 -1.7 -1.3 -1.3 -1.9 -1.8 -- 3.31 01:14 dis-slit 264( -652) -106 71 -2.2 -2.3 -2.0 -2.9 -2.5 -- 1.40 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 40 7 15 298 (WNW) 595 clear none 17:00 41 10 6 326 (NW) 631 clear none 18:00 38 8 8 283 (WNW) 573 clear none 19:00 37 7 6 340 (NNW) 437 clear none 20:00 34 6 2 52 (NE) 462 clear none 21:00 31 15 12 73 (ENE) 782 clear none 22:00 30 14 13 66 (ENE) 533 clear none 23:00 30 12 21 69 (ENE) 641 clear none 00:00 28 11 24 68 (ENE) 579 clear none 01:00 28 11 9 86 (E) 543 clear none 02:00 28 10 11 79 (E) 626 clear none 03:00 29 9 6 85 (E) 569 clear none 04:00 32 9 2 270 (W) 595 clear none 05:00 32 9 2 249 (WSW) 582 clear none 06:00 31 9 3 269 (W) 550 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: 1.8.7