Date: Sun, 8 May 2011 06:22:08 -0600 (MDT) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20110507 From: jwhueh@apo.nmsu.edu Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, May 07, 2011 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- M.Sun M.Sun SPICAM 20:20 01:00 N.Silvestri N.Silvestri, J.Zhao DIS 01:08 05:50 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- UV07/R 19:58 01:10 0 0 0 0 1.1 4.1 0 0 UW09/R 01:10 06:01 0 0 0 0 4.8 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Huehnerhoff Intermittent clouds during first half clearing shortly after the start of second half. Good seeing the entire night. No telescope or instrument problems. DIS blue camera pumped and cooled during the day. No dark current found during afternoon tests. At end of the night the temp was -89.3C (tracking ambient) with the ion pump at 5.94V. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:37 SPICAM 56( 333) 220 52 14.9 16.6 15.7 15.6 15.3 MSSSO R 0.78 20:38 NA2gdr 118(30118) 220 52 14.8 16.6 15.7 15.6 15.3 clear 1.01 01:10 dis-slit 238( 85) -91 52 12.9 12.9 13.2 12.7 12.8 -- 1.91 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 68 25 25 244 (WSW) 1319 ptly cldy none 17:00 64 21 15 283 (WNW) 1383 ptly cldy none 18:00 64 21 14 259 (W) 1341 ptly cldy none 19:00 60 17 19 264 (W) 1093 ptly cldy none 20:00 59 15 20 259 (W) 1090 ptly cldy none 21:00 58 14 8 212 (SSW) 1145 ptly cldy none 22:00 58 15 17 238 (WSW) 1239 mstly clr none 23:00 58 15 23 250 (WSW) 1206 mstly clr none 00:00 57 14 20 262 (W) 1221 mstly clr none 01:00 55 12 13 262 (W) 1636 ptly cldy none 02:00 54 11 18 267 (W) 1827 ptly cldy none 03:00 53 10 17 269 (W) 1914 clear none 04:00 53 8 13 275 (W) 1783 clear none 05:00 52 8 20 270 (W) 1683 clear none 06:00 51 8 18 266 (W) 1698 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