Date: Thu, 26 May 2011 05:25:58 -0600 (MDT) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20110525 From: "Jack Dembicky" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday, May 25, 2011 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- P.Kundurthy P.Kundurthy Agile 19:45 01:06 M.Strauss M.Shin SPIcam, DIS 01:07 05:25 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UW04/R 20:11 01:10 0 0 0 0 5.0 0.0 0 0 PU04/R 01:10 05:50 0 0 0 0 0.9 3.8 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky No telescope problems tonight. DIS slitview images looked like triangles tonight, even around the boresight. It made it difficult to get the instrument focused. SPIcam images taken earlier looked ok. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:57 AGILE -1525(-1896) 18 55 13.7 14.2 13.6 12.7 13.3 r' 0.56 01:26 SPICAM 124( 179) -51 65 13.3 12.3 12.9 11.6 12.3 z' 0.73 01:26 NA2gdr 759(30759) -51 65 13.3 12.3 12.9 11.6 12.3 clear 1.00 03:02 dis-slit 243( 71) -12 56 12.9 12.7 13.1 12.6 12.8 -- 1.20 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 65 22 12 289 (WNW) 1496 clear none 17:00 59 22 6 356 (N) 1705 clear none 18:00 62 25 3 243 (WSW) 1627 clear none 19:00 60 22 5 295 (WNW) 1592 clear none 20:00 56 19 1 253 (WSW) 1557 clear none 21:00 57 19 1 160 (SSE) 1605 clear none 22:00 55 18 5 183 (S) 1599 clear none 23:00 55 18 10 179 (S) 1748 clear none 00:00 54 18 9 182 (S) 1910 clear none 01:00 55 17 8 181 (S) 1678 clear none 02:00 56 17 11 183 (S) 1717 clear none 03:00 56 17 11 183 (S) 1748 clear none 04:00 55 16 15 185 (S) 1636 clear none 05:00 54 16 12 196 (SSW) 1623 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